Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About John Burnside
Scottish writer
John Burnside was a Scottish writer, known for his poetry and for the recognition his work received in major literary prizes. He was one of four poets to win both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single collection, Black Cat Bone, in 2011. In 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for his body of work.
More from John Burnside (103 quotes) →More quotes by John Burnside
- “The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that…”John Burnside
- “Sometimes, though only in my most unguarded moments, I can still think of Annette Winters as my first love. A…”John Burnside
- “The way I mainly use the Internet is keeping in touch with poets that live far away. My main interest is cont…”John Burnside
- “If I tell you a story, you can choose to believe me, or you can question it.”John Burnside
More Poetry quotes
- “The things you let go will someday teach you how to fly.”Jenim Dibie
- “It is a happy thing that there is no royal road to poetry. The world should know by this time that one cannot…”Gerard Manley Hopkins
- “I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't ha…”Justin Townes Earle
READ THE SOURCE
Books by John Burnside
The Devil's Footprints
2007
The devil's footprints
2007