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Quote by Anne Stevenson
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human f

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings – about human feelings and frailties. – Anne Stevenson

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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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But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. – John Drinkwater

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If my poetry aims to achieve anything, its to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel. – Jim Morrison

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Poetry does not consist of words alone there must be sentiment and fancy, combination and arrangement. – Samuel Prout

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A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman. – Wallace Stevens, Opus Posthumous, 1957

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