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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is th

The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Poetry! poetry! the emptiest of all words, or the most significant,—the most frivolous of all things, or the most important. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. – Diane Wakoski

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