Top 5 Lenore Kandel Quotes
#1. There are no barriers to poetry or prophecy; by their nature they are barrier-breakers, bursts of perceptions, lines into infinity. If the poet lies about his vision he lies about himself and in himself; this produces a true barrier.
Lenore Kandel
#2. Whatever is language is poetic language and if the word required by the poet does not exist in his known language then it is up to him to discover it.
Lenore Kandel
#3. Euphemisms chosen by fear are a covenant with hypocrisy and will immediately destroy the poem and eventually destroy the poet.
Lenore Kandel
#4. Poetry is alive because it is a medium of vision and experience.
It is not necessarily comfortable.
It is not necessarily safe.
Lenore Kandel
#5. Bedtime is daytime,
and we come into bloom
after midnight.
Lenore Kandel
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