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Quote by Wallace Stevens
If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations,

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and fears, to which the Bible addresses itself, it might rival it in distribution. – Wallace Stevens

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The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. – Wallace Stevens

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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. – Wallace Stevens

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Everything is complicated if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore. – Wallace Stevens

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I look for poetry in English because its the only language I read. – Jack Prelutsky

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I certainly cant speak for all cultures or all societies, but its clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. Its not part of the cultural mainstream. – Mark Strand

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We all write poems it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. – John Fowles

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Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. – Diane Wakoski

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