#poet

Well, it's a badge of honour for any self-respecting poet to be criticized by Auberon Waugh. But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#badge #big #big deal #both #conventional

Un soir qu'ils étaient couchés l'un près de l'autre, comme elle lui demandait d'inventer un poème qui commencerait par je connais un beau pays, il s'exécuta sur-le-champ. Je connais un beau pays Il est de l'or et d'églantine Tout le monde s'y sourit Ah quelle aventure fine Les tigres y sont poltrons Les agneaux ont fière mine À tous les vieux vagabonds Ariane donne des tartines. Alors, elle lui baisa le la main, et il eut honte de cette admiration. ↗

— Albert Cohen

#poetry #romantic #romantic

In my opinion, Al Moritz may be the best poet of his generation in Canada. ↗

— George Murray

#best #canada #generation #his #in my opinion

The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming. ↗

— George Murray

#community #extraordinarily #here #poetry #welcoming

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction. ↗

— George Murray

#fiction #i #loved #more #poetry

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#empty #into #life #make #out

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant. ↗

— George Orwell

#joyce #pedant #poet

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#complement #each #i #i think #intellectual

Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both. ↗

— Wilfred Owen

#both #fear #force #home #never

A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season. ↗

— Wilfred Owen

#every #forth #fresh #grow #jerks