A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
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poetry
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
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Always be a poet, even in prose.
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No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
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A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
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Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.
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Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.
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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.
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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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