“Bangladesh is a world of metaphor, of high and low theater, of great poetry and music. You talk to a rice farmer and you find a poet. You get to know a sweeper of the streets and you find a remarkable singer.” KnowsWorldStreetsPoetLowsTheaterMetaphorSingersRemarkableFarmersRiceGreat PoetBangladeshHighs And LowsGreat PoetryPoetry And MusicSweepers Author:Jean Houston
“I would say there are different kinds of poems. There are things that poets in the history of poetry hit upon when they're very young that can never be outdone and it's a remarkable, strange experience when you think of say Arthur Rimbaud who write poetry between the ages of 17 and 21 whose career was over by the time he was 22.” ThinkingWritingKindDifferentAgeYoungCareersStrangePoetRemarkablePoetry IsDifferent KindsArthur Author:Edward Hirsch
“In 1945, just at the end of World War II, the American poet Muriel Rukeyser wrote a remarkable book called The Life of Poetry. In it she says that on any particular day in the world, if poetry ceased to exist, it would immediately be reinvented on that same day.” IfsWorldBookWarEndsParticularPoetWar Of The WorldsRemarkableWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Adrienne Rich