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"Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind."
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"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together."
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"They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me."
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"Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam."
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"There are very few great poets in the world."
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"I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of poets who went before me, and I'm another one, and I'm hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself."
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"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."
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"Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind."
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"When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble."
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"It's difficult to get films made, especially films about poets."
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"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."
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"All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses."
Imperfection
"Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through."
Beginning
"Somewhere out there the world must have an end."
Existence
"Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind."
Poet
"After every war someone has to tidy up."
War
"I slide my arm from under the sleeper's head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit."
Introspection
"Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand."
Life
"Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice."
Decision-Making
"All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look."
Memory
"Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings."
Inspirational
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