“...Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.” — Robert Frost
“Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.” — Pablo Neruda
“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” — Plato
“Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.” — Thomas Gray, English Poet, 1716-1771
“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” — Robert Frost
“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” — Rita Dove, Former U. S. Poet Laureate
"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence." — John F. Kennedy
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