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I always feel that whatever isn't necessary shouldn't be in a poem.

Mary Oliver / Poet
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I always feel that whatever isn't necessary shouldn't be in a poem.

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All eternity is in the moment.

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I know many lives worth living.

Mary Oliver Poet

And I say to my heart: rave on.

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A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

Anne Stevenson Poet

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

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The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form.

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