"The poem is the point at which our strength gave out"
- Richard Rosen
About this Quote
This quote by Richard Rosen talks to the power of poetry and its ability to catch the human experience. It recommends that poetry is a way to express our emotions and experiences when our strength has been exhausted. It indicates that when we are at our weakest, poetry can be a source of strength and comfort. It can be a method to express our sensations and experiences when we have no other way to do so. It can be a way to understand our lives and to find solace in hard times. This quote speaks with the power of poetry and its capability to capture the human experience in a manner that no other form of expression can. It is a reminder that poetry can be a source of strength and comfort when we are at our weakest.
"Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those moments written or read together take on the movement and architecture of a narrative"
"The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise"
"The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken"
"Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them"
"The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion"