Quotes by : Thom Gunn

My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand.

There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about....

As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private....

I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one....

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English....

Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.