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Dannie Abse Quotes

I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

Dannie Abse
Real, Drunk, Littles
"Susannah Herbert on Dannie Abse, the poetry judge". www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2014.

Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

Dannie Abse
Garden, Rose, Tree
Dannie Abse (2001). “Goodbye, Twentieth Century: An Autobiography”, Vintage

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

Dannie Abse
Drama, Identity, Theme
1984 Journa lentry,Feb,collected in Journals from the Ant-Heap (1986).

Are all men in disguise except those crying?

Dannie Abse
Men, Tears, Cry
Dannie Abse (1986). “Ask the bloody horse”, Vintage

I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike.

Dannie Abse
Healing, Rose, Lovely
'Pathology of Colours' (1968)

Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

Dannie Abse
Soul, My Soul
Dannie Abse, Jeremy Robson (1973). “Poetry Dimension”

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