What we call inspiration in poetry is usually a visitation … - Dennis O'Driscoll

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What we call inspiration in poetry is usually a visitation of words and rhythms rather than ideas.

Dennis O'Driscoll

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Dennis O'Driscoll(1954-2012) was an Irish poet, essayist, critic and editor.

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I am completely passive about my poetry, unless I sense the rhythms, see the images and hear the words spontaneously, I am helpless.

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I am wedded to the notion that Inspiration is the sine que non , the non negotiable prelude to writing a poem.

What we call inspiration in poetry is usually a visitation of words and rhythms rather than ideas. - Dennis O'Driscoll

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