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“Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.”

Thomas Gray · Poetry

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Thomas Gray

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

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Annie Lennox

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.

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Lafcadio Hearn

It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese.

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Douglas Dunn

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

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