Source: Poetry as Enchantment
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Source: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture
“An art expands its audience by presenting masterpieces, not mediocrity.”
Source: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture
“Poetry is a universal human art.”
Source: Poetry as Enchantment
Source: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture
Source: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture
Source: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture
“Two great poets are stronger than two thousand mediocrities.”
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“Poetry originated as a form of vocal music.”
Source: Poetry as Enchantment
Source: Interrogations at Noon: Poems
“Poetry compellingly communicates feelings that lie beyond or beneath rational discourse.”
Source: Poetry as Enchantment
Source: Poetry as Enchantment
Source: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture
Source: Poetry as Enchantment
“Poetry recognizes the mysterious relationship between dream and reality.”
Source: Poetry as Enchantment