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Some people wait for inspiration-bird to come and fly to them and drop on their heads or in their laps. In my case, either I command the inspiration-bird to come to me or I chase the bird. As soon as I chase the bird, I catch it.

Poetry can be very subtle; at the same time, it can be very powerful. With two words compressed, you can say so much. Poetry does not have to be delicate and feminine. It can be extremely powerful. Even a delicate word can be powerful.


CSC 9. Sri Chinmoy made the following informal comments on poetry on 3 November 1989.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Conversations with Sri Chinmoy, Agni Press, 2007
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