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“I'm not the kind of poet who arranges treasure-hunts to please the academics and keep them busy. Poetry should be surprising in deeper ways.”

Quote by Michael Longley

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Michael Longley

Michael Longley is an Irish poet born on July 27, 1939. His poetry is known for its profound humanistic concern and delicate portrayal of nature, featuring unique style and beautiful language. more

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“Weddings and funerals have so much in common (except that in Ireland funerals are more fun - better food, better drink): at both, our senses are sharpened and we register much more than usual - a striking face or hair-do, the wind's behaviour, a bird singing.”

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“I work hard to make the poems as good as they can be, and if they're not good enough I scrap them. I find it difficult after a gap of a few years to tinker - I'm more likely to destroy.”

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“Most poets' revisions are disastrous. They buckle and dent what was originally forged at a red-hot heat.”

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“When I'm assembling a book I concentrate as though I were writing a poem. A truly imagined arrangement will indicate gaps and generate new poems. I re-read the new poems in my folder in the hope that this might happen.”

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“I hardly ever look at my published books.”

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“Fun for us just happens to be screwing around with anything that gets our attention and is thought-provoking.”

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“I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a former organ harvester describe a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.”

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