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Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writ

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. – Mark Strand

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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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Poetry is composing for the breath. – Peter Davison

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But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. – John Drinkwater

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Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. Thats what writing is all about. – Wislawa Szymborska

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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. – Plutarch

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