“The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.” HumansGivenMysteryDivineWillingPoetRemainsMissionsReverence Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“My advice to aspiring poets is to find a community of other poets who are willing to read one another's work. And to read widely, in a variety of time periods and cultures, to identify which traits of poems are appealing and which aversive. And what can be stolen.” CultureCommunityAdviceWillingPoetPeriodsVarietyTraitsStolenTime Periods Author:Lucia Perillo
“... the reason why there are so few first-class poets is that many people have intense feelings or first-class minds but to get the two together so that you will be willing to put a poem through sixty drafts, to be that self-critical, to keep breaking it down, that is what is rare. Right now most poetry is just self-indulgence.” PeopleMindFirstsTwoSelfReasonFeelingsTogetherPoetryClassWillingPoetRight NowCriticalIntenseReason WhyPoetry IsSixtyIndulgenceFirst ClassSelf IndulgenceIntense Feelings Author:May Sarton
“Happy indeed the poet of whom, like Orpheus, nothing is known but an immortal name! Happy next, perhaps, the poet of whom, like Homer, nothing is known but the immortal works. The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.” HumansNextNamesGivenKnownMysteryDivineWillingPoetFameRemainsMissionsImmortalReverenceOrpheus Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“My advice to all young people who wish to become poets is: do something easy, like learning how to blow up the world - unless you're not only willing, but glad, to feel and work and fight till you die.” PeopleWorldFeelsYoungDiesFightingWishEasyAdviceWillingPoetBlowGlad Author:e. e. cummings
“Poets should speak out against what we see as the assault against our Constitution and the warmongering that's going on. I'm perfectly willing to lay down my life for my Constitution, but I am not willing to take a life for it or any other reason because I think killing people is counterproductive.” PeopleThinkingShouldReasonSpeakWillingPoetConstitutionLaysKillingAssaultSpeaks OutCounterproductive Author:Sam Hamill