#poetry

I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

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The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. ↗

— June Jordan

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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. ↗

— Adrian Mitchell

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Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry. ↗

— Adrian Mitchell

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Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. ↗

— Bernie Taupin

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I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important. ↗

— John F. Kerry

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Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions. ↗

— Joseph Roux

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I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

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The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

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