“Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.”
— Caroline Kennedy
Author: Caroline Kennedy
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There are better ways we can transform
“There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred – by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.”
— Helen Thomas
Author: Helen Thomas
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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and
“Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.”
— Aristotle
Author: Aristotle
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Poetry is the communication through words of
“Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.”
— John Drinkwater
Author: John Drinkwater
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Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is
“Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.”
— James Joyce
Author: James Joyce
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With several different kinds of poetry to
“With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
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Poetry and prayer are very similar.
“Poetry and prayer are very similar.”
— Carol Ann Duffy
Author: Carol Ann Duffy
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And my father was a comic. He
“And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.”
— Lynn Johnston
Author: Lynn Johnston
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Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful
“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”
— William Wordsworth
Author: William Wordsworth
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I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy
“I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream.”
— Emilio Estevez
Author: Emilio Estevez
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If food is poetry, is not poetry
“If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?”
— Joyce Carol Oates
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Category: poetry
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