#poetry

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. ↗

— Charles Simic

#behind #equal #experience #never #orphan

For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. ↗

— Christopher Smart

#flowers #peculiarly #poetry #reasoning #sound

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. ↗

— Patti Smith

#because #came #chords #enough #i

What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. ↗

— Patti Smith

#had #hendrix #i #jim #jimi

All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet. ↗

— Stevie Smith

#another #communication #fellow #important #listen

I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican. ↗

— Stevie Smith

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So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us. ↗

— Tracy K. Smith

#begins #describe #distance #how #i

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. ↗

— Socrates

#deliver #enabled #find #i #inspiration

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#between #difference #fade #into #live

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#bring #find #nowhere #some #unless