Quote by Erica Jong
Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic

Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting Hiawatha and they groan. – Erica Jong

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I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching – but that wont pay the Bergdorfs bill. I think Ill move to somewhere life is cheaper. – Erica Jong

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I have accepted fear as a part of life — specifically the fear of change…. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. – Erica Jong

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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. – Erica Jong

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The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry. – Mark Knopfler

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Poetry is reverie on paper. – Terri Guillemets, “Quiet time with my soul,” 1998

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