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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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Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them. – John Drinkwater

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A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being. – 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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I despair of ever writing excellent poetry. – Isaac Rosenberg

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. – Mark Strand

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Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. – Peter Davison

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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine. – Jack Prelutsky

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