Rita Dove's Quote - I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic abo

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I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic abo

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. – Rita Dove

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Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. – Rita Dove

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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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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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Ive written some poetry I dont understand myself. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. – Peter Davison

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Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously. – Asghar Farhadi

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In many cases these verses will seem to the reader like poetry torn up by the roots, with rain and dew and earth still clinging to them, giving a freshness and a fragrance not otherwise to be conveyed. – Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Preface to Poems by Emily Dickinson Edited by Two of

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