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Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by

Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that.

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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressure

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

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Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal lan

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

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Between religion's this is and poetry's but suppose this is,

Between religion's this is and poetry's but suppose this is, there must always be some kind of tension, until the possible and the actual meet at infinity.

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Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazeme

Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement... says heaven and earth in one word... speaks of himself and his predicament as though for the first time. It has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.

Christopher Fry

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Just as a new scientific discovery manifests something that

Just as a new scientific discovery manifests something that was already latent in the order of nature, and at the same time is logically related to the total structure of the existing science, so the new poem manifests something that was already latent in the order of words.

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The fact that there are so many weak, poor and boring storie

The fact that there are so many weak, poor and boring stories and novels written and published in America has been ascribed by our rebels to the horrible squareness of our institutions, the idiocy of power, the debasement of sexual instincts, and the failure of writers to be alienated enough. The poems and novels of these same rebellious spirits, and their theoretical statements, are grimy and gritty and very boring too, besides being nonsensical, and it is evident by now that polymorphous sexuality and vehement declarations of alienation are not going to produce great works of art either.

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And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't thin

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

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A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We

A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something i

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.

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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictat

I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.

J. Courtney Sullivan

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Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.

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Poets are born, not paid.

Poets are born, not paid.

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I love Beethoven, especially the poems.

I love Beethoven, especially the poems.

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Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literat

Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early.

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The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hi

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

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The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think th

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

Caroline Kennedy

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I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and the

I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a wonderful little, fizzy sort of world.

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The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spir

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.

James Gates Percival

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