Basil Bunting: Poetry

Basil Bunting was Poet. Explore interesting quotes on poetry.

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“Compose aloud: poetry is a sound.”

I SUGGEST Advice to Young Poets

“Who says it's poetry, anyhow?
My ten year old
can do it and rhyme.
Mr Hines says so, and he's a schoolteacher,
he ought to know.
Go and find work”

What The Chairman Told Tom, from Odes II:6 (1965)

“Poetry? It's a hobby.
I run model trains.
Mr Shaw there breeds pigeons.
It's not work. You don't sweat.
Nobody pays for it.
You could advertise soap.”

What The Chairman Told Tom, from Odes II:6 (1965)