“Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.” IdeasTogetherPoetryLanguageEmotionPoetOrdinaryToughSkinsRaisedPoetry IsDelicateReading PoetryPoetry By Famous PoetsPoetry By PoetsPoetry ReadingTough Skin Author:Paul Engle
“Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power.” PoetryLanguagePoetOrdinaryRaisedPoetry IsDelicateReading PoetryPower Of LanguageLanguage And PowerPoetry By PoetsPoetry ReadingTough Skin Author:Paul Engle
“All poetry is an ordered voice, one which tries to tell you about a vision in the un-visionary language of farm, city, and love.” LoveTryingAgeLanguageVoiceCitiesVisionAnd LovePoetry IsFarmsVisionaries Author:Paul Engle
“For my Oxford degree, I had to translate French and German philosophy (as it turned out, Descartes and Kant) at sight without a dictionary. That meant Germany for my first summer vacation, to learn the thorny language on my own.” FirstsPhilosophyLanguageMy OwnDegreesSummerSightGermanyVacationTranslateDictionaryOxfordSummer VacationGerman Philosophy Book:A Lucky American Childhood Source: A Lucky American Childhood