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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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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. – Mark Strand

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The pleasure that poetry gives is that of imagining more than is written; the task is divided between the poet and his reader. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process. – Franz Grillparzer

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Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. – Gertrude Stein

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Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction. – George Murray

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