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Quote by Jean Cocteau
The poet doesnt invent. He listens. - Jean Cocteau

The poet doesnt invent. He listens. – Jean Cocteau

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death. – Jean Cocteau

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Death
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Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. – Robert Frost

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The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming. – George Murray

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The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it. – Robert Penn Warren

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I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well. – Annie Lennox

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