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Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing.
I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn’t poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
I’m looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long.
Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.
I didn’t want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
For me, poetry is always a search for order.
All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.
I don’t know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.