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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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My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me. – Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

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Poetry says the things that I cant say. I read a lot, but I never write it. – Trevor McDonald

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I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale. – Robert Morgan

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Poetry is creative; to be a poet is to remake the universe. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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