Dejan stojanovic Quote by Dejan Stojanovic

“A versifier arranges words and rhymes into verses; a poet arranges verses and rhymes into meanings.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“A versifier passes through the sound; sounds go through a poet.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“A versifier’s poem is born by the sound; a poet’s sound is born by the poem.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“To a versifier, sounds are the means and the aim; a poet travels toward the aim using sounds.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

I'm not the kind of poet who arranges treasure-hunts to please the academics and keep them busy. Poetry should be surprising in deeper ways.

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A versifier with neither heart nor soul is, rather than a poet, a dull and lifeless thinking pen or keyboard.

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