See how weak prose is… Presently I shall go to a bar and there one or two poets will speak to me and I to them and we will try to destroy each other or attract each other and nothing… — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
And I think that it is certainly possible that the objective universe can be affected by the poet. I mean, you recall Orpheus made… — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
“Most of my friends like words too well. They set them under the blinding light of the poem and try to extract every possible… — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
Words are what sticks to the real. We use them to push the real, to drag the real into the poem. They are what… — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
No love is Like an ocean with the dizzy procession of the waves' boundaries ... — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
“Aimlessly It pounds the shore. White and aimless signals. No One listens to poetry. — from "Thing Language” — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry. When someone intrudes into the poet's life (and any sudden personal contact, whether in the bed or in… — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
“Well Dennis you don't have to hear any of the mountain music they play here. Telling the young lies so that they can learn… — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
“ANY FOOL CAN GET INTO AN OCEAN BUT IT TAKES A GODDESS TO GET OUT OF ONE.” — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
