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" Drawing is a way of coming upon the connection between things, just like metaphor in poetry reconnects what has become separated. "
John Berger
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" In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself. "
Seamus Heaney
Ring
Within
Truth
" So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us. "
Tracy K. Smith
Thinking
Distance
Poetry
" Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people. "
Macklemore
More
Reading
Way
" I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry. "
Norman MacCaig
Writing
Mean
Never
" 'Milk and Honey' was written with me being honest to myself, kind of pulling at the things that I hear the most and saying that out loud, and you know, that thing that we hear the most is most universal, and so that rings true with all folks. The language used in the poetry is extremely, extremely accessible. "
Rupi Kaur
Language
Poetry
Me
" Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. "
Adrienne Rich
Poetry
Relationship
Power
" I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem are very important to me. "
Margaret Atwood
Sound
Words
Me
" I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony. "
Mark Strand
American
Poetry
Personal
" There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans. "
Helen Thomas
" Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. "
John Berger
Sense
Being Alone
Autobiography
" I read poetry to save time. "
Marilyn Monroe
Save
Read
Poetry
" Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know. "
Joseph Roux
Poetry
Who
Those
" Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness. "
Alice Walker
Raising
Rebellion
Revolution
" My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time. "
Herschel Walker
Love
Good
Me
" A poet can survive everything but a misprint. "
Oscar Wilde
Poet
Survive
Poetry
" The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. "
John Ruskin
Poetry
Soul
Religion
" I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes. "
Mark Strand
Limits
Believe
Poetry
" One of the things that distinguishes poetry from ordinary speech is that in a very few number of words, poetry captures some kind of deep feeling, and rhythm is the way to get there. Rhythm is the way the poetry carries itself. "
Edward Hirsch
Deep
Feeling
Poetry
" The poem is not, as someone put it, deflective of entry. But the real question is, 'What happens to the reader once he or she gets inside the poem?' That's the real question for me, is getting the reader into the poem and then taking the reader somewhere, because I think of poetry as a kind of form of travel writing. "
Billy Collins
Poetry
Think
Writing
" And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. "
Mark Strand
Culture
Like
Poetry
" One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. "
Stephen Sondheim
Difference
Poetry
Page
" Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives. "
Richard Eyre
Creative
Poetry
People
" There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music. "
Edward Hirsch
Poetry
Song
Music
" To me, poetry is spoken - not exclusively, but there's a mix of languages in it. That's what I liked about 'For the Confederate Dead;' it has many different tones to it. "
Kevin Young
Poetry
Me
Different
" In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. "
Paul Dirac
Poetry
Science
Way
" Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. "
John Barton
Conversation
Reading
Sometimes
" It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. "
Sean Bean
Wildlife
Surprise
Poetry
" I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. "
Rita Dove
I Am
Interest
I See
" I'm a poet, and I spent my life in poetry. "
Edward Hirsch
Poetry
Life
Spent
" Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it. "
Simon Callow
Just
Work
Visionary