James Broughton
James Broughton
James Broughtonwas an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth10 November 1913
CountryUnited States of America
want bitterness cookies
If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.
spiritual practice ecstasy
Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.
challenges enough reborn
Life's major challenge: getting reborn often enough.
poetry magic literature
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.
france denmark india
Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.
real poetry would-be
In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.
ruts glory abyss
You're closer to your glory leaping an abyss than re-upholstering a rut.
reality miracle trying
My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.
vision acting world
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.
writing hands film
I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made.
amazement corners
Amazement awaits us at every corner.
walks prose walking
For me, prose walks, poetry dances.
sadness youth poet
Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness.
writing issues flags
My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.