Quote by Leonard Cohen
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well,

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. – Leonard Cohen

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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. – Leonard Cohen

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I never really liked poetry readings I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. – Leonard Cohen

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To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nations sweetest dreams of itself. – Leonard Cohen

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The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both. – Victor Hugo

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In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. – Phyllis McGinley

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It sometimes seems to me (it is an error, I confess, but one into which I am for ever falling) that poetry is no longer anything more than an imitation of poetry… – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job. – Toi Derricotte

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