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I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I

I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I'm glad that I did it.

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Well, I write a lot of poetry - that's where it usually all

Well, I write a lot of poetry - that's where it usually all starts. I definitely want to show you guys sides of me - love, loss, heartbreak - all of that good stuff!

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Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wantin

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the sky.

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I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.

I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.

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No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies h

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

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For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using languag

For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

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I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others it's for others to use.

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Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only

Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.

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A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as su

A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

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I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the s

I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the sense that I believe rap is an art form in itself more akin to poetry, more akin to drama, if you will.

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Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bon

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.

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Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that hav

Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall and rise, and falls again. I am a poet, yes. Surely I am a great poet.

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Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry.

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Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ec

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.

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Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until yo

Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.

Maurice Saatchi

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Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race.

Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race.

Johann Georg Hamann

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Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved

Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the language that I've found myself living in much of the time. I think the two feed each other.

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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered int

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

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I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poe

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across.

Justin Townes Earle

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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetr

I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.

Wislawa Szymborska

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