Quotes of: Epic-poetry Keyword

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry.

Thurston Moore

I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting exhibitions that I've been doing for years before that.

Viggo Mortensen

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.

Wallace Stevens

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.

Andres Segovia

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time.

Bruce Cockburn

Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.

Ezra Pound

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.

James Gates Percival

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

Rita Dove

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.

Henry R. Luce

Remember: In poetry, each word is like a loaded gun; very heavy, and full of intent

Amber Drappier

Listen within to find shining poetry and hear extraordinary music. You are a work of art.

Amy Leigh Mercree

There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't be said.

Alan W. Watts

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person...

Life

A true poet is one who can appreciate the disciplines and structures of any and all styles of poetry.

Life

When power narrows the areas of a man's concerns, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence

Love

The sensual and spiritual are the same energy playing at different speeds, like poetry and dance" Alla Bozarth Campbell.

Life

It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word

William H. Gass

And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.

The Complete Poetry

Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of expression and messages.

Castle Stories

Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry.

Flaubert's Parrot