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    The job of the poet is to render the world--to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.

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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

by Edgar Allan Poe Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

by Robert Browning Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with read more

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.

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For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.

For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.

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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

by Robert Frost Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

by E. M. Forster Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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