Collected Meditations
Showing 8 quotesThere's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.— A. R. Ammons
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Work
I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.— A. R. Ammons
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Poetry
If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'— A. R. Ammons
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Poetry
Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.— A. R. Ammons
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Poetry