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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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Im not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every words meaning, or multiple meanings. – 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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A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings – about human feelings and frailties. – Anne Stevenson

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Poetry is the overflowing of the soul. – Henry T. Tuckerman, “Bryant,” Thoughts on the Poets, 1850

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The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, “Oh, just let me enjoy the poem.” – Robert Penn Warren, “The Themes of Robert Frost,” Hopwood Lecture, 1947

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