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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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And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didnt think so. – Norman MacCaig

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I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time. – Robert Hass

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Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts. – Robert Morgan

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The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But its not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it Ive met, and think theyre incredibly witty, inventive – theres a lot of poetry there. – Martin Amis

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