Quote by Seamus Heaney
The completely solitary self: thats where poetry comes from, and i

The completely solitary self: thats where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also. – Seamus Heaney

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But that citizens perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based. – Seamus Heaney

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Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained. – Seamus Heaney

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Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit. – Seamus Heaney

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Poetry is life distilled. – Gwendolyn Brooks

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I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life. – Saul Williams

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Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. – Allen Tate

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Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos. – I.A. Richards (1893–1979)

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