#poe

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth. ↗

— James Thurber

#before #believe #birth #cases #died

I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities. ↗

— Mary Timony

#confident #feel #i #just #more

Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies. ↗

— Tomas Transtromer

#dark #distinction #drifts #further #his

The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#also #barometer #forget #let us #may

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example. ↗

— Arthur Wellesley

#byron #example #existed #for example #friends

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#delicious #full #most #poetry #prose

If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#going #making #might #place #poetry

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children. ↗

— Paul Auster

#children #could #going #guess #however

The American bards shall be marked for generosity and affection and for encouraging competitors… . The great poets are also to be known by the absence in them of tricks and by the justification of perfect personal candor… . How beautiful is candor! All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#beauty

The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital. ↗

— George Steiner

#being #brain #expression #heart #human