I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You know, bad poetry I wrote in high school can still be found on the Internet, and, you know, there's a Web log of our college newspaper. You know, there's so many different stages of my creative development are sort of on-record if somebody were to choose to look for them. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I never really liked poetry readings I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others it's for others to use. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>