- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poet Quotes
On concentrated language and simply enjoying existence.
One line draws a clean distinction: a philosopher sets out to prove that the philosopher exists, while a poet is content merely enjoying existence without needing proof. Another recalls being drawn to poetry in college for its concentrated, otherworldly language. Related reading continues on Expression quotes.
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All that I am is me. So I'm not really a poet or a writer or an actor or an activist; I'm me, and these are things that I do.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is endowing the word with life.
- Critic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Alphabet' by the late Danish poet Inger Christensen. It's a book-length abecedarian poem. It's an activist text but also a portal to wonder.
- Listens
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poet doesn't invent. He listens.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
- Interested
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody really knows whether they are a poet. I knew I was interested from the age of 15.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020