One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>