#poet

I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

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I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#because #enough #get #i #mostly

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#i #i can #into #just #learned

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#mine #need #ourselves #poetry #ways

Poetry does not consist of words alone; there must be sentiment and fancy, combination and arrangement. ↗

— Samuel Prout

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For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim. ↗

— Philip Pullman

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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#form #habitually #here #poetry #should

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#clings #his #internationalism #own #poet