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Quote by Stephen Spender
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. – Stephen Spender

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When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course. – Stephen Spender

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Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. – Marianne Moore

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My old teachers definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. – Thom Gunn

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I still read Donne, particularly his love poems. – Carol Ann Duffy

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What I wanted to do in rock n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. – Patti Smith

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