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A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, ev

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. – Mark Strand

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Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand

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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. – E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951

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