Poem

Famous quotes containing the word poem:

“A poem should be equal to:
Not true.

For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf.”
—Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)

“This poem is concerned with language on a very plain level.
Look at it talking to you.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“It has been played once more. I think you exist only
To tease me into doing it, on your level, and then you aren’t there
Or have adopted a different attitude. And the poem
Has set me softly down beside you. The poem is you.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)