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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to

In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. – John Barton

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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. – John Barton

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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. – John Barton

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Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools. – John Barton

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No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern. – Thomas Harrison

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The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English. – Robert Morgan

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[I]t is not health, it is convalescence that is poetical. Just as certain plants only yield all their fragrance to the fingers that crush them, so it is only in a state of suffering that certain affections utter all their poetry. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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