Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
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Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels.
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.
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Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.
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Posted by: Ines the Windbender
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The pen is the language of the soul.
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Only poetry inspires poetry.
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And I just hate most poets, which among other things also have thoughts, as Pindar and Leopardi.
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All that remains to poets is honest poetry.
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Posted by: Andrea Manfrč
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Let it be known, let it be shown, let poetry be read by our youths. One must create a chance of discovery and of novelty. It can't be said that, especially in the last years, that it has not been done. But the results are always uncertain.
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Posted by: Alessio Benedetti
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A poet is, first of all, a person who is passionately in love with language.
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