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Quote by George Murray
The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming. - Ge

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

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Well, we all start thinking were going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets. – George Murray

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Romantic
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George Murray
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Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think its harder to write. Its harder to keep the respect of the reader too. – George Murray

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Poetry
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Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. – Anne Stevenson

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More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry. – Saul Williams

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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. – T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent, 1919

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I think Im a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and Im not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesnt work and why. – Diane Wakoski

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