My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we... →
John Barton
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.
I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry that... →
Ellen Bass
Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much... →
Mario Batali
The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry... →
Charles Baudelaire
It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you... →