“Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.” ThinkingWorldDoeLyingPoetryNightTimeLiteratureLinesPartyPoetExpressionBedPoetry IsPoetry By Famous PoetsPoetry By PoetsWhat Is Poetry Author:Allen Ginsberg
“Isn't it curious how one has only to open a book of verse to realise immediately that it was written by a very fine poet, or else that it was written by someone who is not a poet at all. In the case of the former, the lines, the images, though they are inherent in each other, leap up and give one this shock of delight. In the case of the latter, they lie flat on the page, never having lived.” GivingBookLyingPoetryLinesCasesWrittenPoetFinePagesDelightCuriousFormerShockLatterFlatsLeapRealisingInherentVerses Author:Edith Sitwell
“Poetry lies at the centre of the literary experience because it is the form that most clearly asserts the specificity of literature.” ArtFormLyingPoetryLiteratureCentreSpecificity Author:Jonathan Culler
“Don't feel guilty if you don't immediately love your stepchildren as you do your own, or as much as you think you should. Everyoneneeds time to adjust to the new family, adults included. There is no such thing as an "instant parent." Actually, no concrete object lies outside of the poetic sphere as long as the poet knows how to use the object properly.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldLongUseLyingPoetryParentKnow HowLove YouObjectsPoetAdultsGuiltyInstantPoeticSpheresConcreteTime Of NeedStepchildStepchildrenNew Family Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe