“Ho Kyuns poetry is in the tradition of his master, the incomparable Tu Fu, while remaining fully his own. Writing nine centuries later, Hos poetry strikes many parallels--the experiences of war and exile and constant struggle-- and his voice is similarly humane. This is rich and enlightening reading.” WritingWarReadingVoiceStruggleRichCenturyMastersTraditionConstantStrikesNinePoetry IsExileParallelsHumaneEnlighteningIncomparableConstant Struggle Author:Sam Hamill
“What poetry does above all else is develop sensibility. And that's what makes poetry so dangerous. That's why poetry is so good at undermining governments and so bad at building them. There's nothing harder to organize than a group of poets.” DoeGovernmentGroupsDangerousBuildingPoetHarderPoetry IsSensibilityOrganizeUndermining Author:Sam Hamill
“My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out of the practice of poetry, as does my Buddhist practice. Poetry is a very important element in the history of Buddhism in general and in Zen in particular. It was really Zen that motivated me to change the way I perceive the world.” WorldWayDoeImportantSufferingHumanityCompassionPracticeParticularBuddhismMoralityElementsEthicsBuddhistPerceivePoetry IsMotivatedWork Ethic Author:Sam Hamill
“When these idiot rightwingers start complaining about poetry being political, I'm fond of reciting Sappho to them, who excluded men from her world. Why does she exclude them? Mostly because of their warmongering.” MenWorldDoePoliticalComplainingIdiotPoetry IsExcludedReciting Author:Sam Hamill
