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Thursday, September 14th, 2006A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. ~E.M. Forster Imaginary gardens with real toads in them. ~Marianne Moore A poem is never finished, only abandoned. ~Paul Valéry Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its [...]
Quotes About Poet II
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006Poets aren’t very useful Because they aren’t consumeful or very produceful. ~Ogden Nash Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. ~Eli Khamarov Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. ~Allen Tate Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which [...]
Quotes About Poet I
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich. ~William Bolitho The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood. ~Jean Cocteau Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy [...]
Quotes About Song And Music
Monday, September 11th, 2006A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens… if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly… to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it? ~Charles Ives If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn’t have to go to an osteopath, then there’s something wrong. [...]
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