FLORENCE TONK

Writing poetry is what I like best. Because it is so honest. Quite a lot of work things are less honest. One has to give in. In poetry that's not necessary. You only have to comply with your own demands.



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SAMUEL JOHNSON

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.



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HORACE

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.



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JOHN RUSKIN

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.



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KHALIL GIBRAN

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.



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LEONARD NOLENS

Pre-eminently, poetry is possessing the discipline to do nothing at all, to cultivate the right to idleness.



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ROBERT-EDWARD HART (1891- 1954)

There is a time to sing, a time to dance
and a time to accomplish one’s life in pure
serenity and peace.



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