#poetry

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. ↗

— John C. Ransom

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At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

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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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The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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Gloria watched the swollen white orb of a hot-air balloon rising over Navy Pier and knew she had to break it off with Oliver, for he was the type who would never enjoy hot-air balloons, Van Morrison songs, or mess, whether from orgasm or otherwise. But who was she to be dreaming about mess today? ↗

— Andrea Kayne Kaufman

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

— Robert Frost

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