Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a nec… — Quoted

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“Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.”

John Betjeman · Poetry

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Lafcadio Hearn

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry.

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Diane Wakoski

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

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Ezra Pound

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

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Misha Collins

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

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