[P]oetry… the spontaneous fusion of hitherto unrelated words. Such things must take place in your own head, by your own chemistry. – Marie Emilie Gilchrist (1893–1989), Writing Poetry: Suggestions for Young
No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category
Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom. – Wallace Stevens
Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say that music is a very profound language. – Robert Fripp
One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. – Robert Morgan
![[P]oetry... the spontaneous fusion of hitherto unrelated words. Su](/quote/oetry-spontaneous-fusion-hitherto-unrelated-words.jpg "[P]oetry... the spontaneous fusion of hitherto unrelated words. Su")
