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Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don

Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you dont have to tell anyone youre doing it. – Roger McGough

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If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there – not because youve done a comedy performance but because youre talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul. – Roger McGough

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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. – Socrates

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