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Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just thi

Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think its harder to write. Its harder to keep the respect of the reader too. – George Murray

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Well, we all start thinking were going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets. – George Murray

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Romantic
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Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend its no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often its really just about the money, the perceived prestige. – George Murray

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Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me theyre more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I havent the least idea of where poetry is going. – James Laughlin

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My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me. – Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

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Who can tell the dancer from the dance? – William Butler Yeats

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I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. – Boris Pasternak

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