We can learn more
about poetry by reading quotes from a few well known poets. |
"Success
is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." |
Maya Angelou ![]() |
"Peace goes into the making of a poem
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as flour goes into the making of bread."
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![]() James Autry |
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"Cowboy
poetry is often funny. I think that stems from the close relationship between
humor and tragedy. If you work with livestock you get hurt...A lot! Bit, stepped
on, mashed, smashed, bucked off or run over on a regular basis. |
Baxter Black ![]() |
![]() Stanley Kunitz |
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To live as a poet in this culture is the aesthetic equivalent of a major political
statement.
~ Beware of manifestos: they are the death of poetry.
~ A poet is a citizen, like any other. One of the obligations of citizenship is
participation in the political process. |
| Edgar Lee Masters ![]() |
![]() Charles Olson |
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