I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator.
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Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
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The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet be fully alive.
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Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Poetry)
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.
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Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.
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The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.
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I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix; angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dyn.
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Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.
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It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.
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