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Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is t

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound

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AS A MIND, who the hell else is there left for me to take an interest IN?? – Ezra Pound

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The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. – Ezra Pound

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Image
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Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music. – Ezra Pound

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Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. – Marianne Moore

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As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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I am grateful for – though I cant keep up with – the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry. – A. R. Ammons

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Poetry

Listen, real poetry doesnt say anything it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you. – Jim Morrison

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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets. – Gary Hart

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The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience. – James T. Farrell

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