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Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. – Jorge Luis Borges

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The cliche is dead poetry. – Gerald Brenan

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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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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. – Samuel Johnson

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Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me its the oil of life. – John Betjeman

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