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I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it’s understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don’t have a clue what they’re on about.
I don’t think Auden liked my poetry very much, he’s very Anglican.
Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.
There’s not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.
What is poetry which does not save nations or people?
The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.
Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.
Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.
I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn’t read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene.
Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.