Dannie Abse Quotes

Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

Dannie Abse

• Soul
• Singing
• Spirit

I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike.

Dannie Abse

• Lovely
• Grass
• Colour

Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

Dannie Abse

• Soul

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

Dannie Abse

• Drama
• Identity
• Mistaken

I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

Dannie Abse

• Real
• Littles
• Drunk

Are all men in disguise except those crying?

Dannie Abse

• Men
• Tears
• Cry