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Quote by John Drinkwater
The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prom

The musician – if he be a good one – finds his own perception prompted by the poets perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music. – John Drinkwater

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There can be no proof that Blakes lyric is composed of the best words in the best order only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so. – 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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Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction. – George Murray

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He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech. – John Colville

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Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich. – William Bolitho

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Theres one of my new poems actually – is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was more like a cross between Shelley and Dylan Thomas. – Robert Adamson

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