#poe

I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity. ↗

— James Dickey

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She was the Judy Garland of American poetry. ↗

— James Dickey

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If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows Follow sweet children I'll show thee the way through all the pain and the Sorrows Weep not poor childlen for life is this way murdering beauty and Passions Hush now dear children it must be this way to weary of life and Deceptions Rest now my children for soon we'll away into the calm and the Quiet Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders according to how I feel about that color that day. ↗

— Rita Dove

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In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things. ↗

— Rita Dove

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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

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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something. ↗

— Rita Dove

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It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say. ↗

— David Duchovny

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