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" Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it. "

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" I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I've written mainly novels ever since. "

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" Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. "

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" Long before we created libraries, or even books, poetry was the way we humans remembered who we were, a primary means of documenting and contemplating our lives. "

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" Poetry itself hasn't been well served by poets who fled to the margins. "

" All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. "

" People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work. "

" In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you. "

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" Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. "

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" I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English. "

" Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart. "

" There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either. "

" Poetry is not an issue of form and enjambments. Poetry, as the word is classically used, has to do with sound and sense. It can be rhyme. It can be rhythm, pace, breath. "

" It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry. "

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" I always wrote poetry as a teenager and it was always so dark, but it made me feel good to get it out. "

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