A poet's work .. . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.

Salman Rushdie
A poet's work .. . to name the unnamable, to...
A poet's work .. . to name the unnamable, to...
A poet's work .. . to name the unnamable, to...
A poet's work .. . to name the unnamable, to...
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Hemingway’s quote, “A poet’s work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep,” is a statement that reads like a mission statement.

It makes clear that a poet is someone who takes sides and changes the world. Life can be said to go to sleep when we do not stand up for what we believe in. The poet is someone who stands up for what he or she believes in and shapes the world as a result.

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