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As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mugs game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing. – T. S. Eliot

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Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere. – James Martineau

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Ive done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Ive compiled a book of poetry thats completed, and two others Im working on. – Corin Nemec

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So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us. – Tracy K. Smith

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For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men. – Giorgos Seferis

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