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Thoughts For Thursday
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"Poetry isn’t a profession, it’s a way of life. It’s an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that."
Mary Oliver
"People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated."
Lucille Clifton
"Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild."
Denis Diderot
Mary Oliver
"People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated."
Lucille Clifton
"Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild."
Denis Diderot
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8 comments:
Excellent, and thanks. Might I add...
Writers have many things to be careful not to know – and strangely one of the things not to know is how to write.
Writing is a reckless encounter with whatever comes along.
~William Stafford
Beautiful insight to ponder. Thank you for sharing with us.
great quotes for any poetry lover to live by. hope all is well.
any time of day can produce similar results, the dark seems to enhance things most...
Oh, this is good. I love the rhythm!
I can relate to the words in this poem.
Excellent job
Love all the pictures you have chosen for your poems. Great writing...loved this one...anyone who has ever had to sit at a bus stop at night could relate to these words. :-)
Ooooh, I like this one. Very nice.
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