“If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry.”
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Edgar Allan Poe 126
American author, poet, editor and literary critic 1809–1849Related quotes
“Your soul shines through even if you haven't got mascara on”
Source: Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?
Variant translation:
Who says my poems are poems?
My poems are not poems.
After you know my poems are not poems,
Then we can begin to discuss poetry!
"Zen Poetics of Ryokan" in Simply Haiku: A Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry (Summer 2006) http://www.hermitary.com/articles/ryokan_poetics.html
Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf : Zen Poems of Ryokan (1993)
Source: The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry
Source: The Savage Detectives
“The line is a way of thinking in poetry, by poetry.. it paces the poem.”
'Five points' vol 4 no 2 Georgia State University Press Winter 2000
“I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.”
Interview in The Review, published by Ian Hamilton (1972)
“Poetry is a subset of a Cosmos, which in itself, is a poem.”
The Cosmos as a Poem (2010)