poetry

poetry

Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived... Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos.

Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived... Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race.

More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it.

What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back.

Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.

It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

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