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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading ser

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. – Rita Dove

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Have you ever heard a good joke? If youve ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then youre already on the way to poetry. Its about using words in very precise ways and using gesture. – Rita Dove

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Poetry
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Rita Dove
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My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends. – Rita Dove

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Learning
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Rita Dove
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If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level. – Rita Dove

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Trust
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Other Quotes from
Poetry
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Your prayer can be poetry, and poetry can be your prayer. – Terri Guillemets, “A lonely pen at night,” 1992

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Poetry

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. – Herbert Spencer

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Poetry

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy. – Diane Wakoski

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Poetry

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom. – Wallace Stevens

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Poetry

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Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Return to the root and you will find Meaning. – Jianzhi Sengcan

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Meditation

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are. – James Allen

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Money

Poor fellow, he suffers from files. – Aneurin Bevan

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Bureaucracy

Ill have a full recovery – thats the utmost physically my body has the ability to heal. Then I will push about 20 percent further, through sheer mental tenacity. If youre not prepared for that, go elsewhere. – Anon.

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Determination