I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>