It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry. Use this quote
My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. Use this quote
But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. Use this quote
I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. Use this quote
The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance. Use this quote
The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming. Use this quote
For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. Use this quote
In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry. Use this quote
Poetry is the deification of reality. Use this quote
I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. Use this quote
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman. Use this quote
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. Use this quote
Poetry does not consist of words alone; there must be sentiment and fancy, combination and arrangement. Use this quote
I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months. Use this quote
The completely solitary self: that's where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also. Use this quote
If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel. Use this quote
The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end. Use this quote
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence. Use this quote
So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations. Use this quote
The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry. Use this quote
