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Donald Hall Quote: “There are books all around me……”

There are books all around me… I don’t read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going.

October 25, 2021 1928, American, Donald Hall, Quotes by Poets, September 20

Juan Felipe Herrera Quote: “I used to stand on the…”

I used to stand on the corner in San Diego with poems sticking out of my hip pocket, asking people if there was a place where I could read poems. The audience is half of the poem.

October 23, 2021 1948, American, December 27, Juan Felipe Herrera, Quotes by Poets

George Herbert Quote: “Read as you taste fruit or…”

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

October 19, 2021 1593, April 3, British, George Herbert, Quotes by Poets

Mary Oliver Quote: “I worked privately, and sometimes I…”

I worked privately, and sometimes I feel that might be better for poets than the kind of social workshop gathering. My school was the great poets: I read, and I read, and I read.

October 10, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Blaise Pascal Quote: “Even those who write against fame…”

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

October 4, 2021 1623, Blaise Pascal, French, June 19, Quotes by Philosophers

James Fenton Quote: “Poetry carries its history within it…”

Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. Its transmission today is still in part oral, because we become acquainted with poetry through nursery rhymes, which we hear before we can read.

October 3, 2021 1949, April 25, British, James Fenton, Quotes by Poets

Francis Bacon Quote: “Age appears to be best in…”

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

October 2, 2021 1561, English, Francis Bacon, January 21, Quotes by Philosophers

Robert Hass Quote: “I got interested in the question…”

I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don’t read books.

September 25, 2021 1941, American, March 1, Quotes by Poets, Robert Hass

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quote: “Don’t patronize the chain bookstores. Every…”

Don’t patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he’s stabbing the independent bookstores in the back.

September 20, 2021 1919, American, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, March 24, Quotes by Poets

Billy Collins Quote: “I’m very aware of the presence…”

I’m very aware of the presence of a reader, and that probably is a reaction against a lot of poems that I do read which seem oblivious to my presence as a reader.

September 19, 2021 1941, American, Billy Collins, March 22, Quotes by Poets

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