One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. Use this quote
I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. Use this quote
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted. Use this quote
The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming. Use this quote
Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left. Use this quote
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them. Use this quote
Music is my thing. It's my thing; it's what I love. It's what I do. It's football to me; it's Christmas to me; religion to me; poetry to me. Use this quote
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. Use this quote
Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from his own mind and recollection that he will read into it, and will add to what the poet has suggested. But I do think poetry readings are very important. Use this quote
I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world. Use this quote
Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well. Use this quote
The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse. Use this quote
You don't go after poetry, you take what comes. Maybe the gods do it through me but I certainly do a hell of a lot of the work. Use this quote
Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it. Use this quote
Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting 'Hiawatha' and they groan. Use this quote
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out. Use this quote
Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking. Use this quote
If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable. Use this quote
I've written some poetry I don't understand myself. Use this quote
If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it. Use this quote
