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

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

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...

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...

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

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...

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...

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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

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

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

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.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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

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

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...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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

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

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...

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,...