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There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is myste

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. – Edward Young

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One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe to murder thousands, takes a specious name, Wars glorious art, and gives immortal fame. – Edward Young

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And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry. – Lynn Johnston

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In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry. – Norman MacCaig

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Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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Poetry

The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry. – Philip Levine

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You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill. – William Temple

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