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

Mark Strand · Poetry

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

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The future is always beginning now.

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And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

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