The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But it's not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it I've met, and... →
Martin Amis
The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
A. R. Ammons
Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of... →
If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or... →
Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.
I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature... →
That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the... →
That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to... →
David Amram