All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. - Gilbert K. Ch

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words. – Paul Engle, New York Times, 17 February 1957

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