And I think that it is certainly possible that the objective universe can be affected by the poet. I mean, you recall Orpheus made the trees and the stones dance and so forth, and this is something which is in almost all primitive cultures. I think it has some definite basis to it. I'm not sure what. It's like telekinesis, which I know very well on a pinball machine is perfectly possible.
Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry. When someone intrudes into the poet's life (and any sudden personal contact, whether in the bed or in the h… - Jack Spicer
Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry. When someone intrudes into the poet's life (and any sudden personal contact, whether in the bed or in the h…
- Jack Spicer
And I think that it is certainly possible that the objective universe can be affected by the poet. I mean, you recall Orpheus made the trees and the … - Jack Spicer
And I think that it is certainly possible that the objective universe can be affected by the poet. I mean, you recall Orpheus made the trees and the …
Words are what sticks to the real. We use them to push the real, to drag the real into the poem. They are what we hold on with, nothing else. They ar… - Jack Spicer
Words are what sticks to the real. We use them to push the real, to drag the real into the poem. They are what we hold on with, nothing else. They ar…
The dead are notoriously hard to satisfy. - Jack Spicer
The dead are notoriously hard to satisfy.
Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry. - Jack Spicer
Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry.
A poet is a time mechanic not an embalmer. - Jack Spicer
A poet is a time mechanic not an embalmer.
No love is Like an ocean with the dizzy procession of the waves' boundaries. - Jack Spicer
No love is Like an ocean with the dizzy procession of the waves' boundaries.
In hell it is difficult to tell people from other people. - Jack Spicer
In hell it is difficult to tell people from other people.
The poet is stepping out of the airplane. - Jack Spicer
The poet is stepping out of the airplane.
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