Quote by W.H. Auden
What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed? - W.H.

What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed? – W.H. Auden

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“Healing,” Papa would tell me, “is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.” – W.H. Auden

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A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish. – W.H. Auden

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Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. – W.H. Auden

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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry – its some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves. – Jack Prelutsky

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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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Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career. – Jack Prelutsky

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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat. – Alfred Edward Housman

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By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. – Miguel de Cervantes

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