#poetry

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. ↗

— William Shenstone

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On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. ↗

— Hu Shih

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It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap. ↗

— Peter Steele

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I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry. ↗

— Rick Springfield

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maybe silent hurting is the new Mid-Western love ↗

— Daniel Bailey

#love

Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence. ↗

— J. G. Stedman

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In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry. ↗

— Danielle Steel

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I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. ↗

— Mark Strand

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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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