For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
“Men fear joy too much, fear their instincts. Fear a surrender to their feelings. Fear loving themselves in others and loving others in themselves.… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
“If all that a stone is expected to be is the stone that it is, why isn't a man expected to be the kind… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
