I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don't like poets. I would much prefer describing myself and what I do as: I'm kind of a curator, and I'm kind of a night-owl reporter.
Copy QuotePoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.
Copy Quote View & SharePoetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
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