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Eileen Myles Quote: “I wasn’t afraid of being poor….”

I wasn’t afraid of being poor. I didn’t want to live in a big house. I’m the perfect size for poetry. I can move around.

October 28, 2021 1949, American, December 9, Eileen Myles, Quotes by Poets

Walt Whitman Quote: “Give me odorous at sunrise a…”

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

October 20, 2021 1819, American, May 31, Quotes by Poets, Walt Whitman

Philip Schultz Quote: “If I get the idea, and…”

If I get the idea, and I get some clarity on how I feel about that idea, then I can safely assume I’ll find the right words. I do have that confidence.

October 20, 2021 1945, American, Philip Schultz, Quotes by Poets

Samuel Adams Quote: “For my own part, I have…”

For my own part, I have been wont to converse with poverty; and however disagreeable a companion she may be thought to be by the affluent and luxurious, who were never acquainted with her, I can live happily with her the remainder of my life if I can thereby contribute to the redemption of my country.

October 11, 2021 1722, American, Quotes by Revolutionaries, Samuel Adams, September 27

James Laughlin Quote: “I think that concrete poetry seems…”

I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come to a kind of a dead end. It doesn’t seem to be going any further than it went in its high period of about five or six years ago.

October 5, 2021 1914, American, James Laughlin, October 30, Quotes by Poets

Charles Baudelaire Quote: “I can barely conceive of a…”

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

September 25, 2021 1821, April 9, Charles Baudelaire, French, Quotes by Poets

Lord Byron Quote: “One certainly has a soul; but…”

One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I’ll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.

September 14, 2021 1788, British, January 22, Lord Byron, Quotes by Poets

Chen Guangcheng Quote: “I can be jailed again at…”

I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.

September 13, 2021 1971, Chen Guangcheng, Chinese, November 12, Quotes by Activists

A. Scott Berg Quote: “I like my subjects to be…”

I like my subjects to be American, and not too dead, so I can interview people who knew them.

September 13, 2021 1949, A. Scott Berg, American, December 4, Quotes by Historians

Golda Meir Quote: “Whether women are better than men…”

Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.

September 10, 2021 1898, Golda Meir, Israeli, May 3, Quotes by Leaders

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