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POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

Ambrose Bierce / Journalist
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POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

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Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

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MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.

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Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.

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JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.

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Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.

Percy Bysshe Shelley Poet

The necessity of poetry has to be stated over and over, but only to those who have reason to fear its power, or those who still believe that language is 'only words' and that an old language is good enough for our descriptions of the world we are trying to transform.

Adrienne Rich Poet

Poetry is the morning dream of great minds.

Alphonse De Lamartine Writer

You never wish on shooting stars. You wish on the ones that have the courage to shine where they are.

Andrea Gibson Poet

Poems are my link with the times, with the new life of my people.

Anna Akhmatova Poet

I believe in solitude broken like bread by poetry.

Anne Hebert Poet

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