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Thom Gunn Quotes

As if hands were enough To hold an avalanche off Picture Quote #1

I haven’t written anything in four years. I’m sort of dried up Picture Quote #1

Deep feeling doesn’t make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help Picture Quote #1

I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn’t directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other Picture Quote #1

As humans we look at things and think about what we’ve looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery Picture Quote #1

There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply Picture Quote #1

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Thus for each blunt-faced ignorant one The great grey rigid uniform combined Safety with virtue of the sun. Thus concepts linked like chainmail in the mind Picture Quote #1

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the 50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! Picture Quote #1

There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply Picture Quote #1

One is always nearer by not keeping still Picture Quote #1

We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading Picture Quote #1

Many of my poems are not sexual Picture Quote #1

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I think most men, heterosexual and homosexual, enjoy being considered sexual objects Picture Quote #1

We control the content of our dreams Picture Quote #1

I notice that students, particularly for gay students, it’s too easy to write about my last trick or something. It’s not very interesting to the reader Picture Quote #1

I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early Picture Quote #1

As humans we look at things and think about what we’ve looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery Picture Quote #1

I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn’t directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other Picture Quote #1

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I deliberately decided to write a kind of guide to leather bars for straight people, for people not into leather, so that people could see what it was all about Picture Quote #1

I deliberately wrote a poem in my last book where I was suggesting that there are other passions as great as or more important than the passion of sex Picture Quote #1

I don’t know how to sit outside myself and test against a hypothetical self who stayed home Picture Quote #1

I haven’t written anything in four years. I’m sort of dried up Picture Quote #1

I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way Picture Quote #1

My thoughts are crowded with death and it draws so oddly on the sexual that I am confused confused to be attracted by, in effect, my own annihilation Picture Quote #1

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These seem like bristles, and the hide is tough. No claw or web here: each foot ends in hoof Picture Quote #1

While I don’t satisfy my curiosity about the way I work, I’m terribly curious about the way other poets work. But I would think that’s true about many of us Picture Quote #1

When I first started to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn’t write about it. Queer poems would probably not have been accepted by the editors I sent them to Picture Quote #1

My thoughts are crowded with death and it draws so oddly on the sexual that I am confused to be attracted by, in effect, my own annihilation Picture Quote #1

Deep feeling doesn’t make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help Picture Quote #1

I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don’t want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using Picture Quote #1

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As if hands were enough To hold an avalanche off (Thom Gunn Quotes) I haven’t written anything in four years. I’m sort of dried up. (Thom Gunn Quotes) Deep feeling doesn’t make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help. (Thom Gunn Quotes) I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn’t directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other. (Thom Gunn Quotes) As humans we look at things and think about what we’ve looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery. (Thom Gunn Quotes) There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply. (Thom Gunn Quotes) Thus for each blunt-faced ignorant one The great grey rigid uniform combined Safety with virtue of the sun. Thus concepts linked like chainmail in the mind (Thom Gunn Quotes) It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the 50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! (Thom Gunn Quotes) There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply (Thom Gunn Quotes) One is always nearer by not keeping still (Thom Gunn Quotes) We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading (Thom Gunn Quotes) Many of my poems are not sexual (Thom Gunn Quotes) I think most men, heterosexual and homosexual, enjoy being considered sexual objects (Thom Gunn Quotes) We control the content of our dreams (Thom Gunn Quotes) I notice that students, particularly for gay students, it’s too easy to write about my last trick or something. It’s not very interesting to the reader (Thom Gunn Quotes) I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early (Thom Gunn Quotes) As humans we look at things and think about what we’ve looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery (Thom Gunn Quotes) I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn’t directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other (Thom Gunn Quotes) I deliberately decided to write a kind of guide to leather bars for straight people, for people not into leather, so that people could see what it was all about (Thom Gunn Quotes) I deliberately wrote a poem in my last book where I was suggesting that there are other passions as great as or more important than the passion of sex (Thom Gunn Quotes) I don’t know how to sit outside myself and test against a hypothetical self who stayed home (Thom Gunn Quotes) I haven’t written anything in four years. I’m sort of dried up (Thom Gunn Quotes) I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way (Thom Gunn Quotes) My thoughts are crowded with death and it draws so oddly on the sexual that I am confused confused to be attracted by, in effect, my own annihilation (Thom Gunn Quotes) These seem like bristles, and the hide is tough. No claw or web here: each foot ends in hoof (Thom Gunn Quotes) While I don’t satisfy my curiosity about the way I work, I’m terribly curious about the way other poets work. But I would think that’s true about many of us (Thom Gunn Quotes) When I first started to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn’t write about it. Queer poems would probably not have been accepted by the editors I sent them to (Thom Gunn Quotes) My thoughts are crowded with death and it draws so oddly on the sexual that I am confused to be attracted by, in effect, my own annihilation (Thom Gunn Quotes) Deep feeling doesn’t make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help (Thom Gunn Quotes) I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don’t want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using (Thom Gunn Quotes)