Quote by Edith Sitwell
The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. – Edith Sitwell

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I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. – Robert Frost, 1935

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When youre looking that far out, youre giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesnt need translation. Its like poetry, it touches you. – Story Musgrave

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If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield. – Simon Armitage

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I dont think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that. – Robert Morgan

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