Quote by Allen Ginsberg
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. Its that time of ni

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. Its that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, thats what the poet does. – Allen Ginsberg

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The ugly is in poetry only a passing shadow. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals cant read any poetry. – Randall Jarrell

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Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me theyre more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I havent the least idea of where poetry is going. – James Laughlin

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