Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. – Jorge Luis Borges
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. – Socrates
You know, bad poetry I wrote in high school can still be found on the Internet, and, you know, theres a Web log of our college newspaper. You know, theres so many different stages of my creative development are sort of on-record if somebody were to choose to look for them. – Lena Dunham
I certainly cant speak for all cultures or all societies, but its clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. Its not part of the cultural mainstream. – Mark Strand
I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isnt poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do. – J. Milton Hayes
