The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

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...

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...

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 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...

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

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

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

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.