Japanese Contemporary Poetry

Famous quotes containing the words japanese, contemporary and/or poetry:

    “I will be all things to you. Father, mother, husband, counselor, Japanese bartender.”
    —Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Cuthbert Twillie (W.C. Fields)

    “A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.”
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)

    “That was a way of putting it not very satisfactory:
    A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,
    Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle
    With words and meanings. The poetry does not matter”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)