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Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposi

Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. – Carol Ann Duffy

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I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic. – Joni Mitchell

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The poet doesnt invent. He listens. – Jean Cocteau

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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. – J. K. Rowling

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Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand

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