“Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry.”
— Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Category: poetry
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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation
“Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.”
— John Barton
Author: John Barton
Category: poetry
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It is time to get drunk! So
“It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.”
— Charles Baudelaire
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Category: poetry
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No poem is easily grasped; so why
“No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?”
— John Barton
Author: John Barton
Category: poetry
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There is little premium in poetry in
“There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.”
— Anna Quindlen
Author: Anna Quindlen
Category: poetry
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I love romantic poetry.
“I love romantic poetry.”
— Richard Dawkins
Author: Richard Dawkins
Category: poetry
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With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world
“With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.”
— Peter Abrahams
Author: Peter Abrahams
Category: poetry
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Among the American contemporaries I read with
“Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.”
— Robert Morgan
Author: Robert Morgan
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Fiction will always be my greatest love,
“Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind.”
— J. Courtney Sullivan
Author: J. Courtney Sullivan
Category: poetry
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If epic poetry is a definite species,
“If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.”
— Lascelles Abercrombie
Author: Lascelles Abercrombie
Category: poetry
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a
“Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Category: poetry
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