As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery. Thom Gunn artgalleryhave Change image and share on social
I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way. Thom Gunn confidentmeterrhyme Change image and share on social
I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don't want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using. Thom Gunn composeformulaobserve Change image and share on social
It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! Thom Gunn 50schangecloset share on social
We learned in the university to consider Wordsworth and Keats as Romantics. They were only a generation apart, but Wordsworth didn't even read Keats's book when he gave him a copy. Thom Gunn bookcopygeneration Change image and share on social
I notice that students, particularly for gay students, it's too easy to write about my last trick or something. It's not very interesting to the reader. Thom Gunn easygayinterest Change image and share on social
We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading. Thom Gunn factionpoemput Change image and share on social
When I was an undergraduate I had very badly annotated editions of Shakespeare's sonnets, all of which left out the important fact that will has a sexual sense in Shakespeare's sonnets. Thom Gunn annotatebadlyedition Change image and share on social
