"Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is." ― James Broughton Topic(s): Poetry More From James Broughton "In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets." "Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect." "I’m happy to report that my inner child is still ageless." More In Poetry "I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation."― Anthony Hope "Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them."― John Drinkwater "Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear."― Helen Dunmore