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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in few

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. – Voltaire

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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. – John Cage

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All ones inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. – Gustave Flaubert

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The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on. – Emily Dickinson

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I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity. – James Dickey

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