Firsts Quote by Stanley Kunitz Download Open image “The first task of the poet is to create the person who will write the poems.” — Stanley Kunitz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Firsts Persons Poet Poetry Tasks Writing
In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it. — Antonio Machado Copy Share Image
The process of writing a poem represents work done on the self of the poet, in order to make form. — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
For a poet, making poems is a way of viewing the world, being in the world, breathing. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Poetry gets to be the poetry of life by successfully becoming first the poetry of poetry. — John Hollander Copy Share Image
A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand… — Johann Gottfried Herder Copy Share Image
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of messages.” — Vanessa M. Chattman Copy Share Image
The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
“Mind's acres are forever green: Oh, I Shall keep perpetual summer here; I shall Refuse to let one startled swallow die, Or, from the… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
Not that you need to be a saint to have visions worth talking about. The most effective prescription, I suspect, is to be a… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
I can hardly wait for tomorrow, it means a new life for me each and every day. — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
One critic wrote . . . that my poems sounded as though they had been translated from the Hungarian. I don't know why, but… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking it is necessary to go through dark and deeper dark and not to turn — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
You sort of can't talk about the post production unless you talk about what comes first. — Paul Greengrass Copy Share Image
I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around. He doesn't speak the language. He holds no currency. He is a foreign man. He is surrounded by the sound, sound of cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and orphanages. He looks around, around he sees angels… — Paul Simon Copy Share
I did not know that the planning for biological and chemical warfare was so widespread in England, and even in France before France fell.… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the empty nest is learning to put myself first. I know that I have raised my sons to be big, strong, independent men who love God, themselves and care for others. I have to learn to let… — Kim Alexis Copy Share
When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image