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[Poetry] feeds on the purest substance of the sentiments of the so
[Poetry] feeds on the purest substance of the sentiments of the soul. It quenches its thirst with a nectar that has no dregs. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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In many cases these verses will seem to the reader like poetry torn up by the roots, with rain and dew and earth still clinging to them, giving a freshness and a fragrance not otherwise to be conveyed. – Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Preface to Poems by Emily Dickinson Edited by Two of

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If the author had said “Let us put on appropriate galoshes,” there could, of course, have been no poem. – Author Unknown

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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. – Robert Frost

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Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. – Carol Ann Duffy

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