Quote by Robert Creeley
That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that pros

That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. – Robert Creeley

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Suddenly the whole imagination of writing and editorial and newspaper and all these presumptions about who am I reading this, and who else other people may be, and all that, its so grimly brutal! – Robert Creeley

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Poets touch forcibly and truly that invisible lyre which echoes in unison in all human souls. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), paraphrase

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And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. – John C. Ransom

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Poetry

Well, I had this little notion – I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it it was my great refuge through adolescence. – Harry Mathews

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Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind. – J. Courtney Sullivan

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