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A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thun

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times. – Randall Jarrell

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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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I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world. – Russell Baker

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I think theres no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world. – James Laughlin

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Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. – Matthew Arnold

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To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but, with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed. – Brian Harris

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