For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic.

Quote by James Broughton

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Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in...

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in...

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they...

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly...

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even...

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with...

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a...

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life...

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.