I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides may have a great deal to do with it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.
For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.
I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.
You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.
Poetry is the deification of reality.
Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.
I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.