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    However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

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Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

by Mikhail Dudan Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

by Carl Sandburg Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

by Wallace Stevens Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

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Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all read more

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

by Paul Engle Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

by Robert Browning Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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The finest poetry was first experience.

The finest poetry was first experience.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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