The American public does not know poets exist.

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

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 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...

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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...

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

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...