“In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.”
— Seamus Heaney
Author: Seamus Heaney
Category: poetry
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Tag: poetry
Poets are soldiers that liberate words from
“Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.”
— Eli Khamarov
Author: Eli Khamarov
Category: poetry
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If it is an imperfect word, no
“If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.”
— John Drinkwater
Author: John Drinkwater
Category: poetry
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Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.
“Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.”
— George Farquhar
Author: George Farquhar
Category: poetry
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From reading a previous answer, you know
“From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not.”
— Diane Wakoski
Author: Diane Wakoski
Category: poetry
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Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden
“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Category: poetry
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True poetry is similar to certain pictures
“True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know.”
— Eugenio Montale
Author: Eugenio Montale
Category: poetry
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I love to compare different time frames.
“I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale.”
— Robert Morgan
Author: Robert Morgan
Category: poetry
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In rap music, even though the element
“In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous.”
— Archie Shepp
Author: Archie Shepp
Category: poetry
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I see people who talk about America,
“I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.”
— Azar Nafisi
Author: Azar Nafisi
Category: poetry
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It is the timber of poetry that
“It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.”
— John Millington Synge
Author: John Millington Synge
Category: poetry
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