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The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles. – Lafcadio Hearn

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For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave ones literary education very incomplete. – Lafcadio Hearn

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It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found – indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Every single soul is a poem. – Michael Franti

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For me, poetry is a situation – a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

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I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching – but that wont pay the Bergdorfs bill. I think Ill move to somewhere life is cheaper. – Erica Jong

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My old teachers definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. – Thom Gunn

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