- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poet Quotes
On concentrated language and simply enjoying existence.
One line draws a clean distinction: a philosopher sets out to prove that the philosopher exists, while a poet is content merely enjoying existence without needing proof. Another recalls being drawn to poetry in college for its concentrated, otherworldly language. Related reading continues on Expression quotes.
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- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.
- Between
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- Nov 07, 2020
The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought that if one wanted to be a writer, one had to write novels because I didn't know that one could be a poet.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
God is the perfect poet.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Francis Webb is easily our greatest poet and one of the greatest poets in the world but he's hardly ever mentioned.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poet nothing affirmeth and therefore never lieth.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020