#poetry

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

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To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry. ↗

— Laura Riding

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Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. ↗

— Peter Davison

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Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet. ↗

— David Duchovny

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Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. ↗

— Robert Frost

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I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion. ↗

— Zona Gale

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