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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course,

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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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. – 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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It is the hour to be drunken! Be drunken, if you would not be martyred slaves of Time; be drunken continually! With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you will. – Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), “Be Drunken,” translated from French by Arthur

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Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. – Joseph Brodsky

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He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise. – Oscar Wilde

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A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. Weve tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk. – Lisa Bonet

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