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

Quote by James Broughton

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I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

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...

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 only limits are, as always, those of vision.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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

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

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...

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

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...

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

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...