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Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Gr

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis

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Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. – Don Marquis

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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. – Oscar Wilde

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Children can write poetry and then, unless theyre poets, they stop when reach puberty. – Dennis Potter

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If a poem is not memorable, theres probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable. – Robert Morgan

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I realized poetrys the thing that I can do cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity. – Philip Levine

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