“The poet should try to give his poem the quiet swiftness of flame, so that the reader will feel and not think while he is reading. But the thinking will come afterwards.” ThinkingGivingFeelsShouldTryingPoetryReadingPoetReaderQuietFlamesSwiftness Author:Sara Teasdale
“Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to.” KnowsSoulWantedAlivePoetQuietDo You KnowLegendsCicadas Book:G. John Berger Source: G. John Berger
“My wife is a big fan of George Oppen and I got into him. I could have a career like his. It's not an alpha male situation, George Oppen. It's quiet. It's poetry.He just lived a life of an intellectual poet.” BigsSituationCareersWifeFansPoetQuietIntellectualMalesMy WifeAlpha MaleJust LiveAlphas Author:Stephen Malkmus
“The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.” BelieveDoeFantasyPoetHeroQuietDialogueFear Of DeathSerene Author:Salvatore Quasimodo
“I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.” ThinkingWarTruthPoetQuietMouthsSilentStatesmenTimes Like These Book:Selected Poems And Four Plays Source: Selected Poems And Four Plays
“When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children, when we know love in our own hearts; or when, like the Japanese poet, Basho, we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash - at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the "newness," the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, all these provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.” KnowsLifeHeartChildrenMomentsNightValuesChanceVisionLandPoetQuietBirdAwakeningPurityEmptinessAutumnCosmicSolitaryEvidentGlimpseAwakenedFrogsPondsNewnessDescendingGrove Author:Thomas Merton
“And this tenderness was not like That which a certain poet At the beginning of the century called true And, for some reason, quiet. No, not at all It rang out, like the first waterfall, It crunched like the crust of bluish ice And it prayed with a swanlike voice, And it broke down right before our eyes.” FirstsReasonEyeCertainVoiceCenturyPoetQuietIceBrokeTendernessWaterfalls Author:Anna Akhmatova
“I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers, postillions, officials, burghers, potboys, and all kinds and sorts of ladies whose brains still seem somewhat deranged from their brief exposure to his lordship. And though my companions are careful to tell people that I am that dreadful being, an English magician, I am clearly nothing in comparison to an English poet and everywhere I go I enjoy the reputation- quite new to me, I assure you- of the quiet, good Englishman, who makes no noise and is no trouble to any one.” PeopleKindStillsI CanSeemsEnjoyBehindsBrainLordTroublePoetMonthsQuietTownsCarefulNoiseReputationAll KindsOfficialsComparisonCompanionMagicianExposureEnglishmenDerangedLordshipByron Book:Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Source: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell