#poetry

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

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Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence. ↗

— Edmund Clarence Stedman

#chief #dabble #easiest #excellence #fine

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. ↗

— Mark Strand

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I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes. ↗

— Mark Strand

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