#poe

A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it. ↗

— John Millington Synge

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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#earning #i #living #poet #rather

Jim wanted to be known as a poet, first and foremost. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

#foremost #jim #known #poet #wanted

Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

#around #behind #existed #felt #good

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. ↗

— Don Marquis

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Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. ↗

— Don Marquis

#canyon #down #dropping #echo #grand

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. ↗

— Don Marquis

#milton #poetry #saw #went

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century. ↗

— Jose Marti

#grain #poetry #season #suffices

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

#himself #make #music #musician #must

My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#back #get #how #i #kidding