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"The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times."
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"I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony."
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"A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be."
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"In the grueling light that passed for day..."
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"And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem."
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"I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream."
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"Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,But never will be sung to us again,Is they remembrance. Now the hour of restHath come to thee. Sleep, darling: it is best."
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"Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler."
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"Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one."
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"Poetry: the best words in the best order."
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"I remembered every moment between us, and every moment felt more precious as time passed."
Memory
"Damn the way he had control over me."
Obsession
"I would only blame myself if something happened to you."
Responsibility
"It's not the best life in the world, but it's all I know."
Acceptance
"I can't take back the past, but I can fight for the future."
Past
"I found him between a reality and a nightmare."
Understanding
"Tomorrow can take me, he said. 'I don't need today anyway."
Time
"Harmony would only come with destruction."
Learning
"The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty...I never want to feel it again."
Death
"Those are the bad guys, right?'Depends on who wins, I guess."
Conflict
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