“ You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you're merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that's always easiest. ”
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“ These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. They are only meant to terrify & comfort. ”
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“ I do strongly feel that among the greatest pieces of luck for high achievement is ordeal. Certain great artists can make out without it, Titian and others, but mostly you need ordeal. My idea is this: the artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business: Beethoven's deafness, Goya's deafness, Milton's blindness, that kind of thing. ”
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“ You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you're merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that's always easiest. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. ”
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. ”
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“ Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves flash and yearn, and moreover my mother told me as a boy "Ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner Resources." I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. ”
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“ Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. ”
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