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Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its sayi

Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying. – W. H. Auden

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My mother carried on and supported us her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. – Philip Levine

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Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. – Peter Davison

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The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who dont go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. Its always so. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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I certainly cant speak for all cultures or all societies, but its clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. Its not part of the cultural mainstream. – Mark Strand

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