Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is stretching for effect to avoid the actual life before his eyes. Roger Rosenblatt actualavoidcold share on social
I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a wonderful little, fizzy sort of world. Kenneth Koch excitefizzyfriend Change image and share on social
I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it's not. Kenneth Koch influencepaintpart Change image and share on social
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. George Sand delightdrawlife Change image and share on social
In poetry, everything can be faked but the intensity of utterance. Seamus Heaney fakeintensitypoetry Change image and share on social
No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results? John Barton easilyexpectfast Change image and share on social
There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like doing what people expect me to do. Dave Grohl bandexpectgarage Change image and share on social
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. Thomas Hardy galileoinquisitionmove Change image and share on social
We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other. Naomi Klein brandcommunitypoetry Change image and share on social
My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. Thom Gunn attemptdefinitionpoetry Change image and share on social
