I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write … - Carol Ann Duffy

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A sublime hope cheers ever the faithful heart, that elsewhere, in other regions of the universal powers, souls are now acting, enduring and daring, which can love us, and which we can love.

Carol Ann Duffy

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

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I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.

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For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.

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You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.

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I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.

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Poetry, above all is a series of intense moments its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.

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Good propaganda does not need to lie, indeed it may not lie. It has no reason to fear the truth. It is a mistake to believe that people cannot take the truth. They can. It is only a matter of presenting the truth to people in a way that they will be able to understand. A propaganda that lies proves that it has a bad cause. It cannot be successful in the long run.

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No matter how much I try, I cant figure out how to not be adorable!

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