Are all men in disguise except those crying?

- Dannie Abse

I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

- Dannie Abse

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

- Dannie Abse

I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fest…

- Dannie Abse

Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

- Dannie Abse

Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

- Dannie Abse