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In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hange

In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry. – Andrew Motion

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Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking – its just that Im one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well. – Andrew Motion

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Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear. – Andrew Motion

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More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race. – Andrew Motion

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Poems: words with smooth edges. – Author Unknown

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The desert attracts the nomad, the ocean the sailor, the infinite the poet. – Author Unknown

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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. – Plutarch

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Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. – Rita Dove

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