“Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.”
— David Lee Roth
Author: David Lee Roth
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The dance can reveal everything mysterious that
“The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.”
— Charles Baudelaire
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Category: poetry
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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when
“Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.”
— Diane Wakoski
Author: Diane Wakoski
Category: poetry
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A poet looks at the world the
“A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.”
— Wallace Stevens
Author: Wallace Stevens
Category: poetry
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I gave up on new poetry myself
“I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world.”
— Russell Baker
Author: Russell Baker
Category: poetry
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I was a 16-year-old girl at one
“I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.”
— Elizabeth Edwards
Author: Elizabeth Edwards
Category: poetry
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Written poetry is worth reading once, and
“Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.”
— Antonin Artaud
Author: Antonin Artaud
Category: poetry
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Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive,
“Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: poetry
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That is to say, epic poetry has
“That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
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Is there any purpose to translating poetry?
“Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.”
— James Buchan
Author: James Buchan
Category: poetry
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Most poetry in the modern age has
“Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.”
— Terry Eagleton
Author: Terry Eagleton
Category: poetry
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