Quote by James Schuyler
However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there cant

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there cant be much to it. – James Schuyler

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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. – Thomas Hardy

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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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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W.H. Auden

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I have had much to learn from Swedens poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. – Knut Hamsun

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