Marianne Moore's Quote - I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no

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I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. – Marianne Moore

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Superior people never make long visits. – Marianne Moore

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Poetry is all nouns and verbs. – Marianne Moore

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As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust. – Marianne Moore

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The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads to madness. – Christopher Morley, Inward Ho!

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The poem is a little myth of mans capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life. – Robert Penn Warren

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Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry. – Adrian Mitchell

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I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry. – John Cage

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