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Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typogr

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. – Joseph Brodsky

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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. – Joseph Brodsky

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I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change – within himself, not on the outside. – Joseph Brodsky

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A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do. – Karen Armstrong

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If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there – not because youve done a comedy performance but because youre talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul. – Roger McGough

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I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didnt have to have 20 verses to get your point across. – Justin Townes Earle

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Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, youve lost the whole thing. – W. S. Merwin

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