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There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few de

There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply. – Thom Gunn

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Deep feeling doesnt make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help. – Thom Gunn

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It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the 50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! – Thom Gunn

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Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. – Walter Mosley

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The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly. – Frederick William Robertson

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I never thought Id be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas. – Caroline Kennedy

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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand. – Plato

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