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Quote by John Fowles
We all write poems it is simply that poets are the ones who write

We all write poems it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. – John Fowles

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In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. – John Fowles

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Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. – John Fowles

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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. – Carl Sandburg

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The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give pleasure to the mind… The end of poetry is not an after-effect, not a pleasurable memory of itself, but an immediate, constant and even unpleasant insistence upon itself. – Laura Riding

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They need to learn poetry. They dont need to learn about poetry. They dont need to be told how to interpret poetry. They dont need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it. – Peter Davison

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More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race. – Andrew Motion

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