A lot happens by accident in poetry. Use this quote
The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry. Use this quote
Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler. Use this quote
Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew. Use this quote
I'm not a great poetry fan. Use this quote
Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry. Use this quote
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world. Use this quote
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours. Use this quote
I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time. Use this quote
You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it. Use this quote
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. Use this quote
Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. Use this quote
I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. Use this quote
In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn. Use this quote
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. Use this quote
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. Use this quote
Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice. Use this quote
PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy. Use this quote
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness. Use this quote
Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. Use this quote