poetry

poetry

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later.

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end.

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse.

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry.

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale.

I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime.

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about.

Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world.

In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

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