“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.”
— Paul Valery
Author: Paul Valery
Category: poetry
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Tag: poetry
I learned to impersonate the kind of
“I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.”
— Robert Morgan
Author: Robert Morgan
Category: poetry
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No, what I should really like to
“No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry – to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave.”
— Knut Hamsun
Author: Knut Hamsun
Category: poetry
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I try to show what it is
“I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: poetry
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
“Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.”
— Natalie Merchant
Author: Natalie Merchant
Category: poetry
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An age which is incapable of poetry
“An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.”
— Raymond Chandler
Author: Raymond Chandler
Category: poetry
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Music begins to atrophy when it departs
“Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance… poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.”
— Ezra Pound
Author: Ezra Pound
Category: poetry
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In the television age, the key distinction
“In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: poetry
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Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device
“Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.”
— Peter Davison
Author: Peter Davison
Category: poetry
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The world is full of poetry. The
“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
Author: James Gates Percival
Category: poetry
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I do not go in search of
“I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.”
— Eugenio Montale
Author: Eugenio Montale
Category: poetry
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