“Campion is a poet who knows that what a poet sees is nothing without a mixture of formal prowess and emotional insight.” KnowsEmotionalPoetInsightFormalMixturesProwess Author:David Biespiel
“The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events that are near him, as the true poet is he who detects the divine in the casual; and we somewhat suspect the depth of his insight into the past who cannot recognize the godlike of to-day under that disguise in which it always visits us.” ThinkingPastEventsDivinePoetGeniusHistoricalDepthInsightSuspectsDisguiseCasualGodlike Book:My Study Windows Source: My Study Windows
“Korea's first Zen Master-poet wrote simple yet elegant poetry of the world he inhabited, both physically and spiritually, and of daily insights-a pause along the way for a deep clear breath, a moon-viewing moment, a seasonal note or a farewell poem to a departing monk. His poems speak softly and clearly, like hearing a temple bell that was struck a thousand years ago.” WorldWayYearsFirstsMomentsSpeakSimpleClearPoetMastersThousandMoonYears AgoBreathsNotesInsightHearingTemplesBellsThousand YearsPausesFarewellElegantMonkKoreaZen MasterDepartingSpeak Softly Author:Sam Hamill
“The manager-leader of the future should combine in one personality the robust, realistic quality of the man of action with the insight of the artist, the religious leader, the poet, who explains man to himself. The man of action alone or the man of contemplation alone will not be enough; these two qualities together are required.” MenShouldTwoEnoughActionTogetherArtistReligiousQualityLeaderHe ManPoetPersonalityInsightManagersContemplationRealisticRobustReligious Leaders Author:David Lilienthal
“Every original poet has a new insight, or rather introduces a new power.” PoetOriginalsInsightIntroducing Author:Paul Fry
“Readers bring their own experiences, their own range of - their own wisdom, their own knowledge, their own insights to poem and the meaning of a poem takes place in the negotiation between the poet, the poem and the reader.” PoetReaderInsightRangeNegotiation Author:Edward Hirsch
“Do poets have any insight into what's the right ratio? I doubt it, but I think that they can be awake to what the ends are.” ThinkingEndsDoubtPoetInsightAwakeRatios Author:Robert Hass
“I think that poets can say, "What we want is for everybody on earth to wake up free from fear and with access to medicine and clean water and education." But I don't think poets have any special insight on how to get there. And the 20th century is a pretty good record of that because so many of the great poets were Stalinists: Vallejo, Neruda, Eluard, Aragon, etc. They wrote their odes to Lenin and Stalin. They glorified some of the most violent and grotesque dictatorships of the 20th century. And a lot of the ones who were not Stalinists were fascists or fascist sympathizers.” ThinkingWantEarthWaterRecordsSpecialCenturyPoetWake UpMedicineCleanInsightAccessViolentEtcDictatorship20th CenturyFascistsGrotesqueGreat PoetClean WaterOdesGood RecordsLenin And Stalin Author:Robert Hass