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“Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.”

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Charles Simic, born on May 9, 1938, is a renowned American poet. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound emotional expression, having won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. more

“I do believe that a poem needs to remind the reader of his or her own humanity, of what they are, of what they're capable of. Awaken them, in a sense, to the fact that there's a world in front of their eyes, that they have a body, they're going to die, the sky is beautiful, it's fun to be in a grassy field when the sun is shining—those kinds of things.”

World Needs Believe Kind Facts Body Eye Beautiful Humanity Dies Fun Sun Sky Fronts Fields Reader Capable Shining

Author:Charles Simic

“There’s no preparation for poetry.”

Preparation

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“Words make love on the page like flies in the summer heat and the poet is only the bemused spectator.”

Poet Summer Pages Heat Making Love Spectators

Book:The Life of Images: Selected Prose

Source: The Life of Images: Selected Prose

“The religion of the short poem, in every age and in every literature, has a single commandment: Less is always more. The short poem rejects preamble and summary. It's about all and everything, the metaphysics of a few words surrounded by much silence. …The short poem is a match flaring up in a dark universe.”

Age Universe Literature Dark Silence Rejects Commandments Metaphysics Few Words Summary Preamble

Author:Charles Simic

“There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.”

Knows Chinese Hacked

Author:James Comey

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