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Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12821/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/15/12821.v5.jpg" alt="Emily Dickinson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Emily Dickinson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="26c478"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a12821/26c478/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303138/2147927160.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="26c478" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a12821/26c478/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=PHOSPHORESCENCE.%20Now%20there%27s%20a%20word%20to%20lift%20your%20hat%20to...%20to%20find%20that%20phosphorescence%2C%20that%20light%20within%2C%20that%27s%20the%20genius%20behind%20poetry.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa12821%2F26c478%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303138/2147927160.v1.jpg&description=PHOSPHORESCENCE.%20Now%20there%27s%20a%20word%20to%20lift%20your%20hat%20to...%20to%20find%20that%20phosphorescence%2C%20that%20light%20within%2C%20that%27s%20the%20genius%20behind%20poetry." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/934/">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/47/">Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/40480/">Phosphorescence</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2804/1639b/">Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2804/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/2804.v7.jpg" alt="A. 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Let the Irish vessel lie Emptied of its poetry.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a148/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/148.v9.jpg" alt="W. H. Auden"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">W. H. 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It is not for zombies by zombies.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1351/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/1351.v6.jpg" alt="F. Sionil Jose"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">F. 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I did, and the first story I ever wrote was 'The Great American Economy.'</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a55/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/55.v4.jpg" alt="L. E. Modesitt"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">L. E. 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This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1871/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/1871.v4.jpg" alt="Ian Hamilton Finlay"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ian Hamilton Finlay</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="216a1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="216a1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1871/216a1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=But%20at%20the%20beginning%20it%20was%20clear%20to%20me%20that%20concrete%20poetry%20was%20peculiarly%20suited%20for%20using%20in%20public%20settings.%20This%20was%20my%20idea%2C%20but%20of%20course%20I%20never%20really%20much%20got%20the%20chance%20to%20do%20it.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1871%2F216a1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/98/">Beginning</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/47/">Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/461/">Chance</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a248/374d/">I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a248/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/248.v6.jpg" alt="Yehuda Amichai"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Yehuda Amichai</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="374d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="374d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a248/374d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27ve%20often%20said%20that%20all%20poetry%20is%20political.%20This%20is%20because%20real%20poems%20deal%20with%20a%20human%20response%20to%20reality%20and%20politics%20is%20part%20of%20reality%2C%20history%20in%20the%20making.%20Even%20if%20a%20poet%20writes%20about%20sitting%20in%20a%20glass%20house%20drinking%20tea%2C%20it%20reflects%20politics.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa248%2F374d%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/508/">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/255/">History</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1358/">House</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1127/38c1/">With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1127/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/1127.v4.jpg" alt="Felix Dennis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Felix Dennis</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="38c1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="38c1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1127/38c1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=With%20a%20poetry%20book%20I%20can%20send%20100%20copies%20out%20to%20reviewers%20and%20other%20people%2C%20and%20even%20do%20it%20in%20advance%20and%20get%20their%20response.%20It%27s%20difficult%20with%20iPad:%20how%20do%20you%20send%20it%20out%20for%20free%2C%20and%20how%20do%20you%20even%20disseminate%20it%20before%20it%20goes%20into%20their%20store%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1127%2F38c1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/435/">Book</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/210/">Free</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1610/05c05/">The Victorian language of flowers began with the publication of 'Le Language des Fleurs,' written by Charlotte de Latour and printed in Paris in 1819. To create the book - which was a list of flowers and their meanings - de Latour gathered references to flower symbolism throughout poetry, ancient mythology, and even medicine.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1610/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/a/1610.v4.jpg" alt="Vanessa Diffenbaugh"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vanessa Diffenbaugh</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="05c05"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="05c05" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1610/05c05/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20Victorian%20language%20of%20flowers%20began%20with%20the%20publication%20of%20%27Le%20Language%20des%20Fleurs%2C%27%20written%20by%20Charlotte%20de%20Latour%20and%20printed%20in%20Paris%20in%201819.%20To%20create%20the%20book%20-%20which%20was%20a%20list%20of%20flowers%20and%20their%20meanings%20-%20de%20Latour%20gathered%20references%20to%20flower%20symbolism%20throughout%20poetry%2C%20ancient%20mythology%2C%20and%20even%20medicine.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1610%2F05c05%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/435/">Book</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1302/">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/964/">Paris</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a5719/115e54/">I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the experiences of the black youth of my generation, coming of age in a racist society.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a5719/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/5719.v3.jpg" alt="Linton Kwesi Johnson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Linton Kwesi Johnson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="115e54"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="115e54" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a5719/115e54/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20am%20often%20asked%20why%20I%20started%20to%20write%20poetry.%20The%20answer%20is%20that%20my%20motivation%20sprang%20from%20a%20visceral%20need%20to%20creatively%20articulate%20the%20experiences%20of%20the%20black%20youth%20of%20my%20generation%2C%20coming%20of%20age%20in%20a%20racist%20society.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa5719%2F115e54%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1005/">Why</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/236/">Age</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/85/">Society</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a781/138b/">Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a781/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/781.v17.jpg" alt="A. 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