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The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ash

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end. – Robert Morgan

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In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought of that until a critic pointed that out. – Robert Morgan

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Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. – Robert Morgan

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Pounds translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later. – Robert Morgan

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Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns. – J. Patrick Lewis, www.jpatricklewis.com

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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. – Adrian Mitchell

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What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry. – Laurie Lee

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There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice. – George Will

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Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business. – Christopher Lasch

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