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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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Women stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that youre not and thats what you always reach for in a song. – Leonard Cohen

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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. – Leonard Cohen

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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. – Leonard Cohen

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In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself. – Seamus Heaney

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You know, bad poetry I wrote in high school can still be found on the Internet, and, you know, theres a Web log of our college newspaper. You know, theres so many different stages of my creative development are sort of on-record if somebody were to choose to look for them. – Lena Dunham

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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as childrens stories. – Bobby McFerrin

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Poetry is reverie on paper. – Terri Guillemets, “Quiet time with my soul,” 1998

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