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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, b

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. – Karl Shapiro

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But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep. – Karl Shapiro

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The desert attracts the nomad, the ocean the sailor, the infinite the poet. – Author Unknown

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The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture. – Richard Dawkins

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The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness. – Muriel Rukeyser

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I used to joke that if acting didnt work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback. – Merritt Wever

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