Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

Quote by James Broughton

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Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

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...

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...

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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...

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

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

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

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.