"If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act." ― A. E. Housman Topic(s): Poetry More From A. E. Housman "Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out… Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure." "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." More In Poetry "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."― William Wordsworth "I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn’t play, it has a poignancy to it."― Jim Jarmusch "But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry – still."― Ian Hamilton Finlay