The shape that poems make in the mind is an echo of something powerful in the cosmos. I do believe that, and that is certainly irrational, so perhaps I am no wiser than Elizabeth Perkins as to the nature of poetry.
I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn't perfectly suited to accommodating such data, so I've had to find n… - Campbell Mcgrath
I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn't perfectly suited to accommodating such data, so I've had to find n…
- Campbell Mcgrath
Poems are language turned into art; sound and sense matter; they can be as long or longer than The Odyssey or as short or shorter than a haiku. Not v… - Campbell Mcgrath
Poems are language turned into art; sound and sense matter; they can be as long or longer than The Odyssey or as short or shorter than a haiku. Not v…
The shape that poems make in the mind is an echo of something powerful in the cosmos. I do believe that, and that is certainly irrational, so perhaps… - Campbell Mcgrath
The shape that poems make in the mind is an echo of something powerful in the cosmos. I do believe that, and that is certainly irrational, so perhaps…
A poem employs both the sound and the sense of language, it treats words not just as signifiers but as a plastic medium of artistic expression. - Campbell Mcgrath
A poem employs both the sound and the sense of language, it treats words not just as signifiers but as a plastic medium of artistic expression.
I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new things and expand the limits of poet… - Campbell Mcgrath
I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new things and expand the limits of poet…
People who publish poetry today do it from a sense that poetry needs to be published, not because they think they are going to make money. - Campbell Mcgrath
People who publish poetry today do it from a sense that poetry needs to be published, not because they think they are going to make money.
Our lives are so dominated by financial concerns - paying the rent - and consumer choices - what sort of detergent to buy at Costco - that larger iss… - Campbell Mcgrath
Our lives are so dominated by financial concerns - paying the rent - and consumer choices - what sort of detergent to buy at Costco - that larger iss…
Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is lyrical prose that uses the trick… - Campbell Mcgrath
Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is lyrical prose that uses the trick…
People say modernism killed poetry for them: it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't touch a popular musical oral tradition. Years ago, you memorized and read p… - Campbell Mcgrath
People say modernism killed poetry for them: it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't touch a popular musical oral tradition. Years ago, you memorized and read p…
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