Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>