Quote by Mark Strand
And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not t

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. – Mark Strand

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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. – Mark Strand

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I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poets personality. – Mark Strand

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Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them. – Allen Tate

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Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully. – Aristotle

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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. – Carl Sandburg

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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. – Oscar Wilde

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