Prose exists to convey meaning, and no meaning such as prose conveys can be expressed as well in poetry. That's not poetry's purpose.
All you can usually say about a poem or a picture is, 'Look at it, listen to it.' Whether you listen to a piece of music or a poem, or look at a pict… - Basil Bunting
All you can usually say about a poem or a picture is, 'Look at it, listen to it.' Whether you listen to a piece of music or a poem, or look at a pict…
- Basil Bunting
Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent? - Basil Bunting
Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
Prose exists to convey meaning, and no meaning such as prose conveys can be expressed as well in poetry. That's not poetry's purpose. - Basil Bunting
Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader, but is the rare one with ears in… - Basil Bunting
Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader, but is the rare one with ears in…
But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots. - Basil Bunting
But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots.
Name and date split in soft slate a few months obliterate. 166 - Basil Bunting
Name and date split in soft slate a few months obliterate. 166
The times are squalid. They always were. It is a poet's duty to hold the line. - Basil Bunting
The times are squalid. They always were. It is a poet's duty to hold the line.
To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity. - Basil Bunting
To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.
Men are fools to invest in real estate. - Basil Bunting
Men are fools to invest in real estate.
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