Quote by Russell Baker
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world. – Russell Baker

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There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalisms problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance. – Russell Baker

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A day spent praising the earth and lamenting mans pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. – Russell Baker

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If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. – John Drinkwater

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The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology. – Basil Bunting

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Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos. – David Lee Roth

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If my poetry aims to achieve anything, its to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel. – Jim Morrison

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