I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment. P. J. Harvey assignmentcreativedraw share on social
The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology. Basil Bunting confuseconfusiondestructive share on social
When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing poetry is a state of free float. Margaret Atwood fictionfloatfree Change image and share on social
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. Anne Stevenson definefeelingfrailty Change image and share on social
I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular. Amy Winehouse poetryputtsong Change image and share on social
None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry. Edith Hamilton alchemyexaltationpain Change image and share on social
Often I find that poems predict what I'm going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have. Erica Jong expressionfeltfind Change image and share on social
You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble. Charles Olson havelifepeople Change image and share on social
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. John Holmes aliveapprehendbeautiful Change image and share on social
