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Quote by Leonard Cohen
I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. Its for others its for others to use. – Leonard Cohen

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The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. – Leonard Cohen

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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. – Leonard Cohen

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The poet illuminates us by the flames in which his being passes away. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear. – Helen Dunmore

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