Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
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— Judith RodriguezPoetry
He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech.
— John ColvillePoetry
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— Diane GlancyPoetry
Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job.
For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.
— Christopher SmartPoetry
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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.
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I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.
— Georges SeuratPoetry
Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
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I'm looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long.
— Angela SarafyanPoetry
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— J. Milton HayesPoetry
I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
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Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.
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Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.
That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
— Galway KinnellPoetry
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