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quotes are from an . . . unconventional collection ::
Poem Me No Poems: Poets on Writing
edited by
Mark Worden
Most of the
quotes in this selection have not been collected in conventional anthologies. The
quotations are NOT meant to be inspirational, but reflect the often-ignored vagaries and
realities of writing . . . the writer's battles with publishers . . . pursuit of pelf . .
. wooziness, booziness . . . jealousies, ambitions, families, egos . . . . Character
defects, deep thoughts, last words, and other pomposities that bardic flesh is heir to.
Self-expression is important to all poets, and
looking like a poet is one form of it. If a poet happens not to be writing fine poems or
even any poems at all, looking like a poet may be almost the only form of self-expression
he has.
--Robert Francis |
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Read the Essay that Sparked Percy
Shelley's Defence of Poetry
A poet in our
times is a semi-barbarian in a civilized community. He lives in the days that are past.
His ideas, thoughts, feelings, associations, are all with barbarous manners, obsolete
customs, and exploded superstition. The march of his intellect is like that of a crab,
backward.
--Thomas Love Peacock
And remember
the words of that great poet about New Media Journalism :: Digerati
Remarks
are not literature
--Gertrude Stein
[On randomly
generated sentences.] I think that it is hard to read such
material without amusement. I feel a little admiration as well. I would never write, 'It
happened one frosty look of trees waving gracefully against the wall.' I almost wish I
could. Poor poets endlessly rhyme love with dove, and they are constrained by their highly
trained mediocrity never to write a good line. In some sense, a stochastic process can do
better; it at least has a chance.
--J. R. Pierce
© 2000 Mark Worden
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