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“A poet wants only one small stone on which to carve his life.”

Want Poetry Poet Stones

Author:Joan Walsh Anglund

“Wordsworth went to the Lakes, but he was never a lake poet. He found in stones the sermons he had already hidden there.”

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Book:The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde

“... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever: it keeps the underground aquifers flowing; it is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.”

Spiritual Spirit Poetry Social Voice Secret Fantasy Poet Built Stones Collectives Poetry Is Liquid Compact Rupture Aquifers

Book:What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

Source: What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

“In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.”

“The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.”

Writing Firsts Children Poetry Stones Throwing Writing Poetry Reverberation Poetry Reading Throwing Stones

Author:James Fenton

“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”

Poetry Cutting Rocks Genius Stones Cherries Milton Colossus

Author:Samuel Johnson