#poem

When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem. ↗

— Liam Neeson

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Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

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The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite. ↗

— Willie Nelson

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I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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Robert Frost had always said you mustn't think of the last line first, or it's only a fake poem, not a real one. I'm inclined to agree. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

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Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

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