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Quote by Seamus Heaney
The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous

The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself – as a vocation and an elevation almost. – Seamus Heaney

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At home in Ireland, theres a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. – Seamus Heaney

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Manifesting that order of poetry where we can at last grow up to that which we stored up as we grew. – Seamus Heaney

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The pleasure that poetry gives is that of imagining more than is written; the task is divided between the poet and his reader. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is. – James Broughton

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If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but Im glad that I did it. – Tom Glazer

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