X. J. Kennedy Quotes

My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.

X. J. Kennedy Quotes

I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem.

As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.

The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves experts on children's literature. But I suspected that kids like to look closely at things and figure out what makes them go.

I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.

To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.

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I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

Don't be afraid. There is no right answer in fashion.

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

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