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Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt ag

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. – James Joyce

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Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. – James Joyce

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I am grateful for – though I cant keep up with – the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry. – A. R. Ammons

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My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. Im not kidding. – Harry Mathews

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However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird. – Norman MacCaig

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Prose talks and poetry sings. – Franz Grillparzer

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