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" Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. "

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" It was through poetry I learned just to appreciate my own voice and to not think of my voice in terms of what it needs to be able to do, but what it can do. "

" Shakespeare is rhythmic; he is musical in the sense that he likes poetry, and he's musical because he constantly refers to settings where there's singing and dancing. "

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" Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings. "

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" Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness. "

" Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. "

" I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once that happened, I became torn between a career as an English teacher or a music teacher. "

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" If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. "

" Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love. "

" In Northern Ireland, helicopters are not usually used to promote poetry. "

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" One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through their art, poetry, public discourse, their politics, of owning the fact of their complicity in what happened in World War II. It's still a topic of everyday conversation in Germany. "

" Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry. "

" When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies. "

" I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats. "

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" Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers. "

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" The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather. "

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" Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. "

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