“But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.”
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“Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.”
“Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.”
“I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition.”
“I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories.”
“If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.”
“So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday.”
“I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting.”
“We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.”
“Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.”
“Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.”
“I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.”
“Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.”
“Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.”
“That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.”
“There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry.”
“I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.”
“I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless.”
“I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.”
“Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.”
“Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew.”
“There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives.”
“Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.”
“Journalism wishes to tell what it is that has happened everywhere as though the same things had happened for every man. Poetry wishes to say what it is like for any man to be himself in the presence of a particular occurrence as though only he were alone there.”