#poetry

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

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But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

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And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

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Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry. ↗

— Shelby Foote

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We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. ↗

— John Fowles

#ones #poems #poets #simply #who

Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life. ↗

— Mahmoud Darwish

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