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Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a tal

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then dont by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse. – Robert W. Service

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As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry. – Philip Levine

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I never thought Id be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas. – Caroline Kennedy

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Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. – Walter Mosley

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