“Poetry and music I have banished, But the stupidity Of root, shoot, blossom or clay Makes no demand. I bend my body to the spade Or grope with a dirty hand.” BodyHandsPoetryMusicPoetDemandMusicianRootsStupidityDirtyClaySpadesPoetry And MusicDirty Hands Book:The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition
“Look at this poet William Carlos Williams: he is primitive and native, and his roots are in raw forest and violent places; he is word-sick and place-crazy. He admires strength, but for what? Violence! This is the cult of the frontier mind.” MindLooksPoetryViolenceCrazyStrengthPoetRootsSickViolentForestsAdmireNativePrimitiveCultFrontiers Book:Alms for Oblivion Source: Alms for Oblivion
“[Bob] Dylan's many quotations from classic American roots music (that song is from an album aptly titled Love and Theft) join the aging poet to a tradition that preceded him and hopefully will outlive him as well.” WellsSongPoetTraditionRootsAgingAlbumsHopefullyClassicBobQuotationsDylanTheft Author:Jay Michaelson
“A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.” KnowsFeelsShouldSecretPoetRootsFadesPsychologistFade Away Book:Essential Turgenev Source: Essential Turgenev