Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.

Quote by James Broughton

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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...

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.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

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...

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...

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white...

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

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

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.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

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.