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Fleur Adcock Biography

Poet

Fleur Adcock is a British poet born on February 10, 1934. Her poetry is known for its concise language and profound emotional depth, covering a wide range of themes including nature, history, and human emotions.

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“Art's whatever you choose to frame.”

Art You Choose

Book:Poems 1960-2000

Source: Poems 1960-2000

“Somehow we manage it: to like our friends, to tolerate not only their little ways but their huge neuroses, their monumental oddness: "Oh well," we smile, "it's one of his funny days."”

Way Wells Littles Huge Manage Tolerate Neurosis Oh Well Oddness

Book:Poems 1960-2000

Source: Poems 1960-2000

“Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen.”

Way Poetry Communication Constant Poetry Is Openness Flexibility Readiness

Author:Fleur Adcock

“There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public. There are worse things than these miniature betrayals, committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things than not being able to sleep for thinking about them. It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse.”

Thinking Able Sleep Bed Committed Betrayal Insomnia Stalking Miniatures

Book:Poems 1960-2000

Source: Poems 1960-2000

“I write in praise of the solitary act: of not feeling a trespassing tongue forced into one's mouth, one's breath smothered, nipples crushed against the ribcage, and that metallic tingling in the chin set off by a certain odd nerve: unpleasure.”

Writing Feelings Certain Solitude Mouths Praise Breaths Tongue Odd Nerves Solitary Crushed Chins Nipples Metallic Trespassing

Book:Poems 1960-2000

Source: Poems 1960-2000

“You have to listen to your own voice. Not your heart, not your instincts, not any of that self-permissive psycho-babble stuff. No, none of that. If it was just about instincts and bright ideas it wouldn't need to be a voice. It's about words. You hear them, read them, then you write. But mostly read. Read the bloody poems.”

Ifs Needs Writing Heart Ideas Self Stuff Voice Instinct Bloody Psycho Bright Ideas

Author:Fleur Adcock

About the Author

Born: February 10, 1934
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 6

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Poems 1960-2000Related source material

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