Quote by Mark Strand
Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented. - Mark Strand

Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented. – Mark Strand

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Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand

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And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. – Mark Strand

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A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. – Mark Strand

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Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. – Stephen Spender

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Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry is the overflowing of the soul. – Henry T. Tuckerman, “Bryant,” Thoughts on the Poets, 1850

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Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through OHare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. – Russell Baker

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