Poet Quotes

Idleness - a job that you have to go to, but not necessarily do anything - is the poet's friend. John Cooper Clarke

You Job Poet Idleness Go Friend Anything Necessarily

When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love. Umberto Eco

Love Writing Poet Poetry Write He Remembers Incapable

I didn't feel like I was allowed to be a songwriter. I thought I had to be a really intelligent lyricist, like a poet. Kate Nash

Thought Poet Lyricist Had Allowed Songwriter Feel Like Intelligent Really

By the '80s, anything to do with punk was perceived as rancid. Me being known as the 'punk poet' meant my work and I plummeted. John Cooper Clarke

Work Me Punk Poet Perceived Known Being Anything Meant

I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem. X. J. Kennedy

Rare Poet Think Those Poem Only Person Anybody Producing Moments

One can be a great poet and be politically stupid. Umberto Eco

Great Poet Stupid Politically

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