"But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry."
― John Drinkwater
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Poetry
― John Drinkwater
More From John Drinkwater
- "It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse."
- "To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even delightful, but is certainly inessential."
- "Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way."
More In Poetry
- "Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet."― Huston Smith
- "I think that it’s more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction."― Robert Morgan
- "What I wanted to do in rock ‘n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison."― Patti Smith