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“On every full moon, rituals ... take place on hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers, teachers, nurses, computer programmers, artists, lawyers, poets, plumbers, and auto mechanics -- women and men from many backgrounds come together to celebrate the mysteries of the Triple Goddess of the Dance of Life. The religion they practice is called Witchcraft.”

Source: Spiral Dance: Slipcase

“To write about the monstrous sense of alienation the poet feels in this culture of polarized hatreds is a way of staying sane. With the poem, I reach out to an audience equally at odds with official policy, and I celebrate our mutual humanness in an inhuman world.”

World Way Feels Writing Culture Audience Policy Poet Hatred Celebrate Officials Staying Mutual Reach Out Sane Odds Alienation Monstrous Inhuman Humanness

Book:Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry

Source: Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry

“What a conception of art must those theorists have who exclude portraits from the proper province of the fine arts! It is exactly as if we denied that to be poetry in which the poet celebrates the woman he really loves. Portraiture is the basis and the touchstone of historic painting.”

Ifs Art Painting Poet Fine Bases Celebrate Conception Denied Portraits Historic Fine Arts Provinces Theorists Touchstones Portraiture

Author:August Wilhelm von Schlegel

“Well, you could almost say, I suppose, that the scientist seeks what is similar between any two days, or bluebirds, or glaciers. And the poet seeks what is different. The artist seeks to celebrate the unique.”

Wells Two Different Artist Poet Unique Scientist Celebrate Two Days Glaciers Bluebird

Author:Terence McKenna

“The BFI exists to celebrate all poets of world cinema, of the past and present.”

World Past Poet Celebrate Cinema Past And Present

Author:Anthony Minghella