I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator. Allen Ginsberg bowcreatorgift Change image and share on social
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does. Allen Ginsberg bedexpressionlie Change image and share on social
I'm not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Coucil) makes me want to go and write poetry, but there is a pleasure in doing that sort of thing well. Andrew Motion archiveboardcoucil share on social
Irish poetry has lost the ready ear and the comforts of recognition. But we must go on. We must be true to our own minds. Austin Clarke comfortearirish Change image and share on social
Few realise that English poetry is rather like the British constitution, surrounded by pompous precedents and reverences. Austin Clarke britishconstitutionenglish Change image and share on social
Most people who write and publish poetry teach or do something else. Amy Gerstler peoplepoetrypublish Change image and share on social
The residue of religion in my work appears as a modified transcendentalism, and the positivist scientific side of my thought appears as concreteness and realism. The effort to reconcile the two is at the core of all my poetry. Louis Dudek appearconcretenesscore share on social
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote. Yevgeny Yevtushenko autobiographyfootnotepoet Change image and share on social
With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem. Lascelles Abercrombie chooseconsciousdecide Change image and share on social
If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it. Lascelles Abercrombie definiteepicfall Change image and share on social
