Poetry Quotes

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Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a

Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.

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I watch with envious eyes and mind, the single-souled who da

I watch with envious eyes and mind, the single-souled who dare not feelThe wind that blows beyond the moon, who do not hear the fairy reel

Poetry Fantasy Poignant

Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not d

Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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This fellow is wise enough to play the fool;And to do that w

This fellow is wise enough to play the fool;And to do that well craves a kind of wit:He must observe their mood on whom he jests,The quality of persons, and the time,And, like the haggard, check at every featherThat comes before his eye. This is a practiseAs full of labour as a wise man's artFor folly that he wisely shows is fit;But wise men, folly-fall'n, quite taint their wit.

William Shakespeare

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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speak

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry Truth Art

I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouve

I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. I've compiled a book of poetry that's completed, and two others I'm working on.

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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnig

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.

Poetry

I've already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ult

I've already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you read it, it appears to be prose, but within the prose you have embedded the techniques of poetry.

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Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consu

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go b

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Stephen Spender

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I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it ha

I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it has swallowed me up.

Poetry

The poetry and transgression that was so much of surrealism'

The poetry and transgression that was so much of surrealism's anarchic force has been recruited into mainstream culture. It has been made commonplace by television and magazine merchandising, by computer games and Internet visuals, by film and MTV, by the fashion shoot.

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Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musici

Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!

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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.

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What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with so

What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison.

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Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly

Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails.

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I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.

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My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is

My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end.

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