Quote by Leonard Cohen
I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied

I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and hes written poetry then let the verdict be that hes a poet. – Leonard Cohen

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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people. – Adrian Mitchell

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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. – Mark Strand

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A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. – Robert Frost

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I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. – Robert Frost, 1935

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