“Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords – philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.”
— Anna Jameson
Author: Anna Jameson
Category: poetry
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He who draws noble delights from sentiments
“He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.”
— George Sand
Author: George Sand
Category: poetry
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There is poetry even in prose, in
“There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.”
— Eugenio Montale
Author: Eugenio Montale
Category: poetry
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So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping
“So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations.”
— Thomas Lynch
Author: Thomas Lynch
Category: poetry
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Instead of trying to come up and
“Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: poetry
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only
“Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.”
— Jean Cocteau
Author: Jean Cocteau
Category: poetry
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There are distinct duties of a poet
“There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: poetry
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Some people go to priests; others to
“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.”
— Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Category: poetry
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The office of poetry is not to
“The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.”
— Frederick William Robertson
Author: Frederick William Robertson
Category: poetry
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Even when poetry has a meaning, as
“Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out… Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.”
— A. E. Housman
Author: A. E. Housman
Category: poetry
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All poetry has to do is to
“All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.”
— Stevie Smith
Author: Stevie Smith
Category: poetry
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