#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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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 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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Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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