#poetry

The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

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If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield. ↗

— Simon Armitage

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Why should poetry have to make sense? ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

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A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances. ↗

— Douglas Dunn

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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

#could #happen #i #i wonder #make

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. ↗

— Thomas Gray

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A lot happens by accident in poetry. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

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