“Poetry lies its way to the truth.”
— John Ciardi
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Writing poetry is the hard manual labor
“Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.”
— Ishmael Reed
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If Galileo had said in verse that
“If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.”
— Thomas Hardy
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Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words
“Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.”
— Thomas Gray
Author: Thomas Gray
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Poetry is the utterance of deep and
“Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth – the true poet is very near the oracle.”
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Author: Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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I am two fools, I know, for
“I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.”
— John Donne
Author: John Donne
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I decided that it was not wisdom
“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.”
— Socrates
Author: Socrates
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The other side of it is that,
“The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.”
— Paul Muldoon
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To feel most beautifully alive means to
“To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.”
— John Andrew Holmes
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Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
“Poetry is what gets lost in translation.”
— Robert Frost
Author: Robert Frost
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I come here to speak poetry. It
“I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies.”
— Boris Pasternak
Author: Boris Pasternak
Category: poetry
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