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Poetry isnt a profession, its a way of life. Its an empty basket y

Poetry isnt a profession, its a way of life. Its an empty basket you put your life into it and make something out of that. – Mary Oliver

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When its over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. – Mary Oliver

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Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life. – William Rose Benet

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What does that represent? There was never any question in plastic art, in poetry, in music, of representing anything. It is a matter of making something beautiful, moving, or dramatic – this is by no means the same thing. – Fernand Leger

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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. – John Cage

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Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. – Eli Khamarov, The Shadow Zone

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