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"A poet often lives in an enchanted land where he sees things not with his eyes but with his feelings."

"Sometimes poets expect me to think far deeper than I'm willing to dig."

"He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically."Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. He grinned at us, waiting for applause. "That last line was four syllables. Artemis said. Apollo frowned. "Was it? "No, no, that's six syllable, hhhm. He started muttering to himself. That's five syllables! He bowed, looking very pleased with himself."

"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own."

"Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?"

"It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them."

"Only a seer or a lover would know that I'm making a jewelry of words for you -drawn from your essence -to flash and burn with your fire -so you can bedazzle with your own light ..."
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"Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today."

"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune."
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