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I wrote things for the schools newspaper, and - like all teenagers

I wrote things for the schools newspaper, and – like all teenagers – I dabbled in poetry. – Stephen Colbert

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The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world… to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. – John Ruskin

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The poetry and transgression that was so much of surrealisms anarchic force has been recruited into mainstream culture. It has been made commonplace by television and magazine merchandising, by computer games and Internet visuals, by film and MTV, by the fashion shoot. – Graham Joyce

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All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I cant really think of anyone whos done anything like it since. – Ray Manzarek

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