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Poetry lies its way to the truth. - John Ciardi

Poetry lies its way to the truth. – John Ciardi

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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. – John Ciardi

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John Ciardi
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Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. – Theodore Sturgeon

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My friends never talk to me about my poetry because theyre embarrassed that I write it or theyre embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. – Peter Davison

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I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. – Robert Morgan

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There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry. – Gyorgy Ligeti

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