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Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though th

Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course. – John Drinkwater

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We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order – poetry and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible. – John Drinkwater

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If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. – Joseph Brodsky

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Therell always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory. – Philip Levine

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However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies. – Eugenio Montale

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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. – Voltaire

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