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When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother

When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue – a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they werent libelous or otherwise illegal. – Nicholson Baker

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So I really began as a failed poet – although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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Poetry mends a broken arrow then shoots us in the heart with it. – Terri Guillemets, “Love, life, poetry,” 2016

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I was kind of an outcast in school cause I always kept to myself and was writing poetry and then going on tour with my brother band all the time, so kids didnt know what to make of me. – Christina Perri

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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. – John Barton

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For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts. – John Drinkwater

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