I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age. I wrote a lot of stories and poetry and... I had a desire to create always. And I always had a desire to show my work. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
From my music training, I knew that, some Spanish rhythms apart, 5/4 is a time signature used only in the modern era. Holst's Mars from the Planets is 5/4. But if you speak lines of poetry in that pattern you just end up hitting the off-beats. It's only when you add a rest - a sixth beat - that it sounds as it surely should sound. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>