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No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast res

No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results? – John Barton

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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. – 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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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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Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is. – James Broughton

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The poet is like the prince of clouds
Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer;
Exiled on the ground in the midst of jeers,
His giant wings prevent him from walking. – Charles Baudelaire

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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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This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul. – Eugenio Montale

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