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For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding ones own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. – Edward Dowden

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Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. – Edward Dowden

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Poetry is the deification of reality. – Edith Sitwell

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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. – Adrian Mitchell

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[P]oetry… the spontaneous fusion of hitherto unrelated words. Such things must take place in your own head, by your own chemistry. – Marie Emilie Gilchrist (1893–1989), Writing Poetry: Suggestions for Young

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Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both. – Wilfred Owen

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