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Quote by James Martineau
Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without la

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere. – James Martineau

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The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories. – Margaret Walker

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Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. – June Jordan

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Poetry

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. Its that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, thats what the poet does. – Allen Ginsberg

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Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince. – H. L. Mencken

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Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his sandal shoon. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion

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