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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

Ed Westwick

poetry

I think poetry is best read to oneself.

Rickie Lee Jones

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Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.

Thom Gunn

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My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand.

Thom Gunn

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There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply.

Thom Gunn

poetry

And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.

Julianna Baggott

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American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

Diane Wakoski

poetry

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.

Diane Wakoski

poetry

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.

Diane Wakoski

poetry

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

Diane Wakoski

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