For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

Quote by James Broughton

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My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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...

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...

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,...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

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

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

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...

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...

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

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 quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

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...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...