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Ive never read a political poem thats accomplished anything. Poetr

Ive never read a political poem thats accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. – Howard Nemerov

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For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again. – Howard Nemerov

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We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. – William Butler Yeats

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Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! – Lord Byron

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I always liked the magic of poetry but now Im just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how theyve used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there. – David Knopfler

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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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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. – Alan Kay

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I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude – he wasnt a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant. – Ritchie Blackmore

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