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Quote by John Drinkwater
But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connec

But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. – John Drinkwater

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So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. – John Drinkwater

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I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge. – Jeffery Deaver

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[P]oetry… the spontaneous fusion of hitherto unrelated words. Such things must take place in your own head, by your own chemistry. – Marie Emilie Gilchrist (1893–1989), Writing Poetry: Suggestions for Young

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