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“The poem is a plank laid over the lion's den.”

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This book is a collection of poems that spans different styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of poetic expression. more

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James K. Baxter

James K. Baxter was a New Zealand poet known for his unique poetic style and profound depiction of nature. His works often explore the relationship between the individual and society, as well as the pursuit of religious and spiritual life. more

“By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician, the salesman, or the charlatan. In other words, it forfeits its own evolutionary potential. For what distinguishes us from the rest of the animal kingdom is precisely the gift of speech. Poetry is not a form of entertainment and in a certain sense not even a form of art, but it is our anthropological, genetic goal. Our evolutionary, linguistic beacon.”

Art Form Poetry Certain Goal Animal Failing Poet Politician Speech Entertainment Kingdoms Poetry Is Inferiors Doom Salesman Beacons Forfeit Charlatans Articulation Animal Kingdom

Author:Joseph Brodsky

“Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An' raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.”

Poetry Names Fun Aim Raises Court Vain Cash Rhyme Clash Lashes

Author:Robert Burns

“Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need not fear its loss.”

Needs Poetry Loss Delight Realization Posse

Author:John Cage

“Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.”

Poetry Musical

Book:Sartor Resartus

Source: Sartor Resartus

“A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams.”

Should Dream Poetry Poet Proof Passages

Author:Rene Char

“An undevout poet is an impossibility.”

Poetry Poet Impossibility

Book:Lectures and Notes on Shakespeare and Other English Poets

Source: Lectures and Notes on Shakespeare and Other English Poets

“No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.”

Men Humans Poetry Passion Language Emotion Poet Profound Philosopher Poetry Is Fragrance Great Poet Human Thought Human Knowledge Poetry By Famous Poets

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“If you examine the highest poetry in the light of common sense, you can only say that it is rubbish; and in actual fact you cannot so examine it at all, because there is something in poetry which is not in the words themselves, which is not in the images suggested by the words 'O windy star blown sideways up the sky!' True poetry is itself a magic spell which is a key to the ineffable.”

Ifs Facts Light Poetry Stars Common Magic Sky Keys Highest Common Sense Poetry Is Spells Rubbish Sideways Ineffable Windy

Book:Eight Lectures on Yoga

Source: Eight Lectures on Yoga

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