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X.J. Kennedy quotes: The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once

The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once

X.J. Kennedy quotes: As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.

As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.

X.J. Kennedy quotes: In poetry, only emotion endures.

In poetry, only emotion endures.

X.J. Kennedy quotes: I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem.

I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem.

X.J. Kennedy quotes: To leap over the wall of self, to look through another's eyes--this is valuable experience, which literature offers.

To leap over the wall of self, to look through another's eyes--this is valuable experience, which literature offers.

X.J. Kennedy quotes: On solemn asses fall plush sinecures, So keep a straight face and sit tight on yours.

On solemn asses fall plush sinecures, So keep a straight face and sit tight on yours.

X.J. Kennedy quotes: Here lies resting, out of breath,Out of turns, ElizabethWhose quicksilver toes not quiteCleared the whirring edge of night.

Here lies resting, out of breath,
Out of turns, Elizabeth
Whose quicksilver toes not quite
Cleared the whirring edge of night.

X.J. Kennedy quotes: In thigh-high yellow leather boots Plump Saphonisba strides. Too bad that, just to hide her calves, Two calves have lost their hides.

In thigh-high yellow leather boots Plump Saphonisba strides. Too bad that, just to hide her calves, Two calves have lost their hides.

X.J. Kennedy quotes: I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.

I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.