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Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.

Quote by Paul Engle about poetry, sadness, heads, poets

You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart.

You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart.

Quote by Russell Baker about light, heart

I'm not well versed on the verbiage of the internet.

I'm not well versed on the verbiage of the internet.

Quote by Larry Hagman about internet

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in...

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

Quote by James Payn about respect, good, good luck

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Quote by Robert Frost about poetry, writing

O father, do some pity take And I will no more verses make.

O father, do some pity take And I will no more verses make.

Quote by Isaac Watts about god

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three...

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

Quote by Alfred de Musset about poetry, poets

Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know.

Quote by Hugo Claus about poetry, earth, light, old, olderness

My verses stand gawping a bit. I never get used to this....

My verses stand gawping a bit. I never get used to this. They've lived here long enough.

Quote by Hugo Claus about poetry

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who...

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.

Quote by John Barrymore about poetry, miracle

Forgetten / in a corner / on the table layes the unclear...

Forgetten / in a corner / on the table layes the unclear verse / in a file of light / like a patient in a freezing cold.

Quote by Maria Pal about poetry, light

Killer Queen She keeps her Moet et Chandon In her pretty cabinet "Let them eat cake", she says Just like Marie Antoinette A built-in remedy For Kruschev and Kennedy At anytime an invitation You can't decline Caviar and cigarettes...

Quote by Freddie Mercury about poetry, mind, perfume, cars, conversation, action, man

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