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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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However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird. – Norman MacCaig

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The poem is the point at which our strength gave out. – Richard Rosen

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