Quote by Hart Crane
And inasmuch as the bridge is a symbol of all such poetry as I am

And inasmuch as the bridge is a symbol of all such poetry as I am interested in writing it is my present fancy that a year from now Ill be more contented working in an office than ever before. – Hart Crane

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The fact that The Bridge contains folk lore and other material suitable to the epic form need not therefore prove its failure as a long lyric poem, with interrelated sections. – Hart Crane

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It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time – until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form. – Hart Crane

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Your prayer can be poetry, and poetry can be your prayer. – Terri Guillemets, “A lonely pen at night,” 1992

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The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly. – Frederick William Robertson

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Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits Ive managed to grow out of. – Tom Holt

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She was the Judy Garland of American poetry. – James Dickey

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