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" One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear. "

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" I have written some poetry and two prose books about baseball, but if I had been a rich man, I probably would not have written many of the magazine essays that I have had to do. But, needing to write magazine essays to support myself, I looked to things that I cared about and wanted to write about, and certainly baseball was one of them. "

" To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. "

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

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" You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings. "

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" If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness. "

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" In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesting to see what would happen to a High Court judge if he were forced to follow the true poetic formula, doing the job for love, being forced into pubs for relief. "

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