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Quote by Muriel Rukeyser
The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness. - Mu

The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness. – Muriel Rukeyser

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If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger. – Muriel Rukeyser

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Muriel Rukeyser
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Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. – Khalil Gibran

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For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding ones own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. – Edward Dowden

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