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“There's no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always.”

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Alan Bold, born in 1943, was a renowned British poet. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and unique style, which has won him a wide audience. more

“I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and forgotten it. But that was the pearl of great price, the one field that had treasure in it. I realize now that I must give all that I have to possess it. Life is not hurrying on to a receeding future, nor hankering after an imagined past. It is the turning aside like Moses to the miracle of the lit bush, to a brightness that seemed as transitory as your youth once, but is the eternity that awaits you.”

Source: R. S. Thomas: Everyman Poetry: Everyman's Poetry

“A recurring ideal, I find, is that of simplicity. At times there comes the desire to write with great precision and clarity, words so simple and moving that they bring tears to the eyes.”

Writing Eye Moving Desire Simple Tears Ideals Simplicity Clarity Precision Recurring

Author:R. S. Thomas

“The meaning is in the waiting.”

Waiting

Book:R. S. Thomas: Everyman Poetry: Everyman's Poetry

Source: R. S. Thomas: Everyman Poetry: Everyman's Poetry

“The silence holds with its gloved hand the wild hawk of the mind.”

Mind Hands Silence Hawks

Author:R. S. Thomas

“Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.”

Way Helping Feelings Would Be Language Bits Deep Feeling Good Poetry

Author:Thom Gunn

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