The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.
Gilbert Murray
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If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. -
It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read them someone else's poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because you're too awkward to do it. -
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. -
Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too. -
You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.
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- The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.