“we are far too used to the assumption that poetry and poets will be there when we want them, no matter how long they have been ignored, taken for granted, misused. After all, isn't poetry a form of prophecy, and aren't prophets known for their talent for flourishing in inhospitable deserts and other bleak surroundings? Maybe. But maybe not indefinitely.” WantLongHas BeensMatterFormUsedPoetryKnownTakenTalentPoetGrantedDesertProphetAssumptionProphecyIgnoredSurroundingsBleakFlourishingTaken For GrantedMisused Book:A movement of poets: thoughts on poetry and feminism Source: A movement of poets: thoughts on poetry and feminism
“The poet who writes "free" verse is like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island: he must do all his cooking, laundry and darning for himself. In a few exceptional cases, this manly independence produces something original and impressive, but more often the result is squalor - dirty sheets on the unmade bed and empty bottles on the unswept floor.” WritingResultsCasesProducePoetBedEmptyOriginalsIndependenceCookingDesertDirtyIslandsBottlesVersesSheetsExceptionalImpressiveManlyLaundryFree VerseSqualorRobinson CrusoeEmpty BottlesUnmade Beds Author:W. H. Auden
“Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.” MovingWalksAnimalPoetDesertLionsHerds Author:Alfred de Vigny
“A poet is a poet, whether he rides in a Ford or on a donkey; a sage is a sage, whether he plays golf in New Jersey or bathes in the Ganges, or prays in the desert; and a fool is a fool, whether he be a maharaja or a president of a post-war republic.” WarPlayPresidentPoetFoolPrayingGolfPostsDesertRepublicSageJerseyNew JerseyDonkeyPost War Author:Ameen Rihani
“Poets say science takes away from the beauty of stars-mere globs of gas atoms. Nothing is "mere". I too see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? ...What is the pattern, or the meaning, or the why? It does not do harm to the mystery to know a little more about it. For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it.” KnowsFeelsLittlesDoePastArtistNightStarsMysteryPoetMerePatternsHarmDesertGasAtomsMarvelous Author:Richard P. Feynman
“With Ameen Rihani the matter is diametrically opposite to Alois Musil's Arabian Desert, in purpose, in point of view and, above all, in personal psychology... I have considerable admiration for Mr. Rihani as a writer, an authentic poet and a philosopher.” MatterPurposeViewsPsychologyPoetOppositesPhilosopherPoint Of ViewDesertAdmirationArabian Author:William Seabrook