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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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I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching – but that wont pay the Bergdorfs bill. I think Ill move to somewhere life is cheaper. – Erica Jong

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Theres one of my new poems actually – is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was more like a cross between Shelley and Dylan Thomas. – Robert Adamson

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My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. – Wilfred Owen

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Poetry is reverie on paper. – Terri Guillemets, “Quiet time with my soul,” 1998

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