Quote by Andrew Motion
In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hange

In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry. – Andrew Motion

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More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race. – Andrew Motion

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Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking – its just that Im one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well. – Andrew Motion

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I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I dont make enough money. – Andrew Motion

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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz

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Prose talks and poetry sings. – Franz Grillparzer

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My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. Im not kidding. – Harry Mathews

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As for political poetry, as its usually defined, it seems theres very little good political poetry. – Kenneth Koch

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