Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler. — Quoted

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Mark Strand · Poetry

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Mark Strand

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.

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Mark Strand

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

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Mark Strand

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

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Mark Strand

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

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