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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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I write all the time – I write poetry, I love to write. – Colin Quinn

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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals cant read any poetry. – Randall Jarrell

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Poetry

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you. – Abbas Kiarostami

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Poetry

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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