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George Farquhar

"Poetry is a mere drug, Sir."

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"Poetry is a mere drug, Sir."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

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

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"Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases."

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"A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests."

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

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"It is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem,-a thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of a plant or an animal it has an architecture of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing. The thought and the form are equal in the order of time, but in the order of genesis the thought is prior to the form."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem are very important to me."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican."

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"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."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"For me, prose walks, poetry dances."

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