"Poetry offers a way of understanding and expressing existence that is fundamentally different from conceptual thought."

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Source : "Poetry as Enchantment". 20th anniversary issue of The Dark Horse, www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com. Summer 2015.

Dana Gioia

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“The way I've been playing, I didn't really care who I was going to be playing first round.”
“All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.”
“There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament.”
“But every error is due to extraneous factors (such as emotion and education); reason itself does not err.”
“You have to be burning with "an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right." If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.”
“Apparently we're now in a state where most ads are full of people looking at us in a way that would heat us up down to our toes if it happened in real life, and we don't think anything of it.”

Source : "They Want You". Personal blog, maxbarry.com. October 16, 2005.
“Music and improving the world are two sides of the same coin.”

Source : Source: heathenharvest.org
“Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.”

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