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Quote by Lucille Clifton
People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and t

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and thats a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. – Lucille Clifton

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Therell always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory. – Philip Levine

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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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I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life – though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless. – Anne Stevenson

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

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