982 Quotes About Poet
- Author Dương Tường
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chợt thu 2Chiêu se sẽ hươngVườn se sẽ sươngÐường se sẽ quạ�nhTrời se se lạ�nhNgười se sẽ buồn1969
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- Author Ignacio Solares
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Precisamente "rondar las cosas por el otro lado" es lo que diferencia al poeta del científico o del político, quienes, por el contrario, prefieren tenerlas siempre de frente, muy de frente.
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- Author Guy Davenport
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The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another acre or so of being worth our venturing upon.
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- Author Emil Cioran
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This is how I recognize an authentic poet: by frequenting him, living a long time in the intimacy of his work, something changes in myself, not so much my inclinations or my tastes as my very blood, as if a subtle disease had been injected to alter its course, its density and nature. To live around a true poet is to feel your blood run thin, to dream a paradise of anemia, and to hear, in your veins, the rustle of tears.
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- Author Gary Snyder
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As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the Neolithic: the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe.
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- Author Raegan Butcher
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Being in prison for seven years was like being in an army that never drilled, never deployed, and only fought itself.
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- Author Kenneth Koch
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I thought, 'There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few who have the courage to look happiness in the face and write about it,' which is what I wanted to be able to do.
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- Author Gregory Corso
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I think of New York City lost in starsforgotten as a blue haired pet of childhood love Tonight the night is full;
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- Author John Geddes
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...what else would a poet priest do on an endless night, but write of love?...
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