"But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet."

Poetry, Girls, Living, Writing

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"But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet."

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"But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it."

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"I get a little poetic sometimes. The moonlight does that to me."

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W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"My second thoughts condemnAnd wonder how I dareTo look you in the eye.What right have I to swearEven at one a.m.To love you till I die?Earth meets too many crimesFor fibs to interest her;If I can give my word,Forgiveness can recurAny number of timesIn Time. Which is absurd.Tempus fugit. Quite.So finish up your drink.All flesh is grass. It is. But who on earth can thinkWith heavy heart or lightOf what will come of this?"

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"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."

Adrian Mitchell, British Poet

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"That men, who might have tower'd in the vanOf all the congregated world, to fanAnd winnow from the coming step of timeAll chaff of custom, wipe away all slimeLeft by men-slugs and human serpentry,Have been content to let occasion die,Whilst they did sleep in love's Elysium."

John Keats, English Poet

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"Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them."

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"Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories."

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