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"Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth." - June Jordan

I think that this quote rings true because there are so many poems about things that people shy away from talking about. This could be why some people refuse to read/write poetry.

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Modesty is a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world. -Miguel de Cervantes

I feel like many people not just poets are not modest enough to respect others, I think that modesty is an importamt virtue that everyone should have.

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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.'  -T.S.Eliot

This poem represents the mind of a poets imagination and emotions. To me this poem means a lot because sometimes I need to escape from bad emotions.

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A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. ~W. H. Auden

I chose this quote because i truly agree and relate to it. language is so fascinating, beautiful and historic. That is why i love poetry.

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'I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.' -- Robert Frost

I think this quote relates to how when you watch a movie -- you don't know what the ending is. So, Frost is saying that writing poetry is like an adventure. He doesn't know the ending when he begins writing it...but by the end, he realises what is going on and where he will end up with it. It's a journey.

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“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.” —W.H. Auden

this qoute stands out to be because it makes it ok to have mixed feelings, its normal. poetry might help you clear it up.

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“Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.” — Thomas Hardy, as quoted in The Later Years of Thomas Hardy by Florence Hardy.

I think it's talking about how you can express your emotions and put them into writing. It is all works or art.

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"I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat." - A.E. Housman

I think this means that poetry is indescribable. It might mean different things to different people.  Or if you describe poetry, it may not be entirely accurate.

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"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."  - T.S Eliot

To me, this quote represents the poets mind. How it feels to want to escape into another place from a negative emotion or to escape yourself, to be someone else. That many people choose rather to block them out, to stifle their creative outlet either out of fear or ignorance. It takes being human, being vulnerable, to be able to finally escape what dreads you in life.

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There’s a reason poets often say, ‘Poetry saved my life,’ for often the blank page is the only one listening to the soul’s suffering, the only one registering the story completely, the only one receiving all softly and without condemnation.” —Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I think poetry means what comes from your heart and what your feeling at that moment in time. It’s a way of telling others how your feeling and what’s going in your mind.

J.W.

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“Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.” —A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

I think that this poet had his highs and lows at some point and wanted to share his happiness and sorrows to everyone either they relate to his poetry or not

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"The poet is a liar who is always telling the truth." Jean Cocteau.

I think what the person means by this is that Poets are always writing about something that is never really related to the topic but is always a representation of something else truthful and interesting. they are always trying to describe the world using different symbolism or examples.

Jonathan Vaughan.

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Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings -- William Wordsworth

I think this means that poetry comes from the heart and soul...when your emotions are overwhelming and you just have to figure a way to get them out...that "way' is poetry!