Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.

Quote by Paul Engle

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Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved...

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved...

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

But maybe it's up in the hills under the leaves or in a ditch somewhere....

But maybe it's up in the hills under the leaves or in a ditch somewhere....

Writing is like this-you dredge for the poem's meaning the way police dredge for a...

Writing is like this-you dredge for the poem's meaning the way police dredge for a...

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good...

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good...

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things...

Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things...

If it is true that every Cuban knows how to read and write, it is...

If it is true that every Cuban knows how to read and write, it is...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still...

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others'...

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others'...

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...