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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and Ive seen ecstasy or something. – Rita Dove

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If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level. – Rita Dove

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I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry. – Rita Dove

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Have you ever heard a good joke? If youve ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then youre already on the way to poetry. Its about using words in very precise ways and using gesture. – Rita Dove

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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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Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound

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Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. – Stephen Spender

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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand. – Plato

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