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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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Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly… in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails. – F. L. Lucas

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I have experienced healing through other writers poetry, but theres no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, Ill write a bad poem. – Marilyn Hacker

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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. – M. H. Abrams

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It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish. – Charles Baudelaire

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