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| Archibald MacLeish Quote |
The one man who should never attempt an explanation of a poem is its author. If the poem can be improved by it's author's explanations it never should have been published, and if the poem cannot be improved by its author's explanations the explanations are scarcely worth reading. -- Archibald MacLeish
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| John Burroughs Quote |
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives -- and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song -- John Burroughs
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| Joyce Kilmer Quote |
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. -- Joyce Kilmer
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| Paul Valery Quote |
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. -- Paul Valery
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| Percy Bysshe Shelley Quote |
History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man. -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
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| Trey and Matt Stone Parker Quote |
A Haiku is just like a normal American poem except that it doesn't rhyme and it's totally stupid. -- Trey and Matt Stone Parker
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| Booker T. Washington Quote |
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. -- Booker T. Washington
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| Johann von Goethe Quote |
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. -- Johann von Goethe
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| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote |
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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| Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quote |
Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer. -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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