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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

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Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.

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