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Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. - Lucil

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. – Lucille Clifton

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People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and thats a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. – Lucille Clifton

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Lucille Clifton
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I have had much to learn from Swedens poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. – Knut Hamsun

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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of mans concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. – John F. Kennedy

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Music is my thing. Its my thing its what I love. Its what I do. Its football to me its Christmas to me religion to me poetry to me. – Ryan Adams

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Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go. – Laura Riding

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