“I said, the poets are there I hear them singing and lying around their round table and around me still.” SaidStillsLyingPoetryPoetSingingTablesRounds Author:Anne Sexton
“A hundred cabinet-makers in London can work a table or a chair equally well; but no one poet can write verses with such spirit and elegance as Mr. Pope.” WritingWellsSpiritPoetHundredTablesLondonChairsMakersVersesPopeEleganceCabinets Book:Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)
“I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.” WayKindMy OwnPayPoetTablesBreadContemporaryTranslateTranslationsSidelinesFrench Poetry Author:Paul Auster
“Homosexuals are delicate and bad poetry is delicate and [Allen] Ginsberg turned the tables by making homosexual poetry strong poetry, almost manly poetry; but in the long run, the homo will remain the homo and not the poet.” LongRunningStrongPoetTablesPoetry IsDelicateLong RunsHomosexualManlyGinsberg Author:Charles Bukowski