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“I deliberately wrote a poem in my last book where I was suggesting that there are other passions as great as or more important than the passion of sex.” quote by Thom Gunn — Download Open image

“I deliberately wrote a poem in my last book where I was suggesting that there are other passions as great as or more important than the passion of sex.”

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We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading.

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We control the content of our dreams.

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Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.

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My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand.

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One joins the movement in a valueless world, Choosing it, till both hurler and the hurled, One moves as well, always toward, toward.

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As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery.

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I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for…

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“At worse, one is in motion; and at best, Reaching no absolute, in which to rest, One is always nearer by not keeping still.”

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