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Charles Simic · Poetry

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Charles Simic

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

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Ally Condie

One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at lots of stuff. He was an English teacher when I met him. He wrote poetry and played the guitar. As time went on, he decided to go into economics, so he's very analytical and mathematical in addition to his artsy side.

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Marianne Moore

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

Poetry

Caroline Kennedy

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

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