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I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I h

I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life – though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless. – Anne Stevenson

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Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I dont ignore feelings and emotions. – Anne Stevenson

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I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. – Anne Stevenson

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Poetry is not always words. – Terri Guillemets, “Moonglow over the mountain,” 1991

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While Ive had a great distaste for whats usually called song in modern poetry or for whats usually called music, I really dont think of speech as so far from song. – David Antin

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Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. – Thomas Gray

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My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images. – James Broughton

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My longing for truth was a single prayer. – Edith Stein

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When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. – George Bernard Shaw

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