Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, becau… — Quoted

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“Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.”

Karl Shapiro · Poetry

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Karl Shapiro

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

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Stan Brakhage

Poetry is a totally different art than film.

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Diane Wakoski

I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry. It started for me lyrically in Shakespeare's sonnets.

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Henry R. Luce

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.

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