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"Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry."
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"A poet often lives in an enchanted land where he sees things not with his eyes but with his feelings."
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"I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests."
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"Sometimes poets expect me to think far deeper than I'm willing to dig."
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"He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically."Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. He grinned at us, waiting for applause. "That last line was four syllables. Artemis said. Apollo frowned. "Was it? "No, no, that's six syllable, hhhm. He started muttering to himself. That's five syllables! He bowed, looking very pleased with himself."
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"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own."
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"Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?"
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"Writing poems is simply an excuse to remember You."
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"It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them."
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"Only a seer or a lover would know that I'm making a jewelry of words for you -drawn from your essence -to flash and burn with your fire -so you can bedazzle with your own light ..."
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"It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road."
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"There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends."
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"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."
Poetry
"Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative."
Poetry
"Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry."
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"I don't like writing essays or theory."
Theory
"I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world."
Expression
"I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll."
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"I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me."
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