ME:
Thank you for giving me your time Robert I appreciate it very much. I’ve loved your poetry from the moment I read it - me and the rest of the universe of course!.
ROBERT FROST:
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. I took the road less traveled by and that has made all the difference.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. I took the road less traveled by and that has made all the difference.
ME:
Well your poetry seems to have an effortless quality about it that makes me wish I had the gift of creating beauty with so little effort…however..
Well your poetry seems to have an effortless quality about it that makes me wish I had the gift of creating beauty with so little effort…however..
ROBERT FROST:
The most creative thing in us is to believe in a thing.
The most creative thing in us is to believe in a thing.
You're always believing ahead of your evidence.
What was the evidence I could write a poem? I just believed it.
Poetry begins in trivial metaphors, pretty metaphors, "grace" metaphors, and goes on to the profoundest thinking that we have.
Poetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another.
People say, "Why don’t you say what you mean?"
We never do that, do we, being all of us too much poets.?
ME:
*nods*
*nods*
ROBERT FROST:
We like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections — whether from diffidence or some other instinct.
We like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections — whether from diffidence or some other instinct.
ME:
I can see the depth of thought that goes into the creation of your work.....it's so based on clear, logic and passion.
I can see the depth of thought that goes into the creation of your work.....it's so based on clear, logic and passion.
ROBERT FROST:
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak.
It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a love-sickness.
It is never a thought to begin with.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak.
It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a love-sickness.
It is never a thought to begin with.
ME:
Hmmm....yes, of course, I see. I believe you were also a teacher Robert?
Hmmm....yes, of course, I see. I believe you were also a teacher Robert?
ROBERT FROST:
I believe in teaching, but I don’t believe in going to school, I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn
I believe in teaching, but I don’t believe in going to school, I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn
How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you - how many things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?”
ME:
Do you mean as in my being able to turn it into a poem or something - quite a few, believe me!
Do you mean as in my being able to turn it into a poem or something - quite a few, believe me!
ROBERT FROST:
Everything I've learned about life can be summed up in three words. Life goes on.
Everything I've learned about life can be summed up in three words. Life goes on.
ME:
Well, I love all your works but I have a soft spot for Fire and Ice, not because it deals with the end of all things, but because it deals with love.
Well, I love all your works but I have a soft spot for Fire and Ice, not because it deals with the end of all things, but because it deals with love.
ROBERT FROST:
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. We love the things we love for what they are.
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. We love the things we love for what they are.
You've got to love what's lovable, and hate what's hate-able. It takes brains to see the difference
ME:
Well I’ve got a few of those, brains I mean - but they don’t always listen.
I think they will now, after listening to you…and to keep the momentum going me and my brain are going to be reading a lot more of Robert Frost I promise! *smiles*
Well I’ve got a few of those, brains I mean - but they don’t always listen.
I think they will now, after listening to you…and to keep the momentum going me and my brain are going to be reading a lot more of Robert Frost I promise! *smiles*
ROBERT FROST:
People who read me seem to be divided into four groups: twenty-five percent like me for the right reasons; twenty-five percent like me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the right reasons.
People who read me seem to be divided into four groups: twenty-five percent like me for the right reasons; twenty-five percent like me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the right reasons.
It's that last twenty-five percent that worries me.
ME:
Well they're dickheads then!
Well they're dickheads then!
ROBERT FROST:
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
ME:
Exactly! Dickheads! what this sad world needs is poetry, poetry as you write it – makes life so beautiful – lot of idiots out there wouldn’t know a poem if it jumped and ..you know, bit them on their bum!..
Exactly! Dickheads! what this sad world needs is poetry, poetry as you write it – makes life so beautiful – lot of idiots out there wouldn’t know a poem if it jumped and ..you know, bit them on their bum!..
ROBERT FROST:
Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.
Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.
ME:
And every moment spent listening to you has been totally gold - something I will treasure always, any last further comments of inspiration please Robert?.
And every moment spent listening to you has been totally gold - something I will treasure always, any last further comments of inspiration please Robert?.
ROBERT FROST:
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.
ME: That was perfect, thank you very much.
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