John Drinkwater's Quote - A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but th

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A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but th

A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being. – John Drinkwater

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For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts. – John Drinkwater

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If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course. – John Drinkwater

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Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. Theres huge, visionary poetry in it. – Simon Callow

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Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then dont by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse. – Robert W. Service

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That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. – Robert Creeley

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The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence. – Laura Marling

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