Mark Strand's Quote - A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course,

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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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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. – Mark Strand

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I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony. – Mark Strand

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Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand

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