Petit, the Poet Admiration Quotes

Ah, smell that sweet pine scent. It keeps our cars fresh, and it also whips up bad bits of poetry into glorious symphonies. Petit admires the effect that the outside world—and nature specifically—can have on a poem.

Life: it's more than just a dismal 9-to-5. At least, Petit finally realizes this now (too late of course). It's important to note that he's not just admiring the good parts of life here, either. He's also celebrating tragedy and failure. Every aspect of the human experience is something he can now appreciate. If only he were alive enough to pick up a pen again and write more poetry with his new outlook.

These guys are tops in Petit's book (a book called "Poets Who I Think are Great Because They Get What the World is all About," that is). His admiration for them is contrasted with his disappointment in his own work. Take notes, though, budding poets. The path to poetic paradise is paved with a full sense of the world around you and an engagement with meaningful human experience.