I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>