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Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.

Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.

by Walter Mosley Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality read more

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these

by Emily Dickinson Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

by Unknown Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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Poetry is itself a thing of God;
He made his prophets poets;and the more
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Poetry is itself a thing of God;
He made his prophets poets;and the more
We feel of poesie do we become
Like God in love and power,--under-makers.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

by Carl Sandburg Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

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