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Quote by Diane Ackerman
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language,

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. – Diane Ackerman

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I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman

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Life
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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. – Diane Ackerman

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Discovery
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Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. – Diane Ackerman

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Sky & Clouds
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Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes. – Author Unknown

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Superstition is the poetry of life. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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As for political poetry, as its usually defined, it seems theres very little good political poetry. – Kenneth Koch

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Poetry

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well. – Ajay Naidu

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Poetry

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