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Quote by Charles Simic
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the ex

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. – Charles Simic

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Poetry comes with anger, hunger and dismay; it does not often visit groups of citizens sitting down to be literary together, and would appall them if it did. – Christopher Morley, John Mistletoe

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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. Thats what poetry does. – Allen Ginsberg

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Poetry, like the moon, does not advertise anything. – William Blissett

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