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Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler. - Mark S

Poetry is, first and last, language – the rest is filler. – Mark Strand

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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. – Mark Strand

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I certainly cant speak for all cultures or all societies, but its clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. Its not part of the cultural mainstream. – Mark Strand

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From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not. – Diane Wakoski

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I look for poetry in English because its the only language I read. – Jack Prelutsky

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The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. – David Hare

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I think thats what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior. – Diane Wakoski

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