Quote by Marianne Moore
Poetry is all nouns and verbs. - Marianne Moore

Poetry is all nouns and verbs. – Marianne Moore

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They need to learn poetry. They dont need to learn about poetry. They dont need to be told how to interpret poetry. They dont need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it. – Peter Davison

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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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Poetry is the overflowing of the soul. – Henry T. Tuckerman, “Bryant,” Thoughts on the Poets, 1850

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My old teachers definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. – Thom Gunn

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