Christopher Logue Quotes

• Come to the edge.
  We might fall.
  Come to the edge.
  It's too high!
  Come to the edge!
  And they came,
  and he pushed,
  and they flew.

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  Fall, Inspiration, Creativity

  "Come to the Edge" l. 1 (1969)

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• Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head.

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  Art, Silent, Reader

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• Poetry cannot be defined, only experienced

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  Defined

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• Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader's head. Educated readers give themselves a good performance. Educated listeners compare performance with text and with other performances. Good poets use the full resources of language.

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  Art, Giving, Use

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• And he who is forever talking about enemies / Is himself the enemy!

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  Talking, Forever, Enemy

  Christopher Logue (2015). “War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad”, p.215, Faber & Faber

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• It seems to me that the contrast between adjacent syllables has lessened and the result is an over-reliance on enjambment. Now enjambment is a fine, intellectually strong aid, but like all such things it becomes tiresome and calls too much attention to itself.

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  Strong, Attention, Too Much

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