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I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, every

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it. – Carol Ann Duffy

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A poet is a nightingale, who sits in the darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Poetry is not an expression of the party line. Its that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, thats what the poet does. – Allen Ginsberg

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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and Ive seen ecstasy or something. – Rita Dove

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