Quote by Adrian Mitchell
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most pe

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. – Adrian Mitchell

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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. – Adrian Mitchell

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I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rockn roll. – Adrian Mitchell

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Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative. – Adrian Mitchell

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I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. Its for others its for others to use. – Leonard Cohen

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Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. – Antonin Artaud

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Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. – A. R. Ammons

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Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth – the true poet is very near the oracle. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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