Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what… — Quoted

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“Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.”

Stephen Spender · Poetry

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Stephen Spender

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

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Eugenio Montale

I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.

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Kenneth Koch

I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.

Poetry

Jane Campion

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.

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