I do not know how it is elsewhere, but here, in this country, poetry is a healing, life-giving thing, and people have not lost the gift of being able to drink of its inner strength. People can be killed for poetry here—a sign of unparalleled respect—because they are still capable of living by it. Osip Mandelstam
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The beautiful art of poetry has a way of restoring a person’s faith in the world. Perhaps the most important thing about poetry is that it enables people to speak from their heart. When someone is able to tell a story through the power of words, they are able to convey their emotions and thoughts in a practical way that can help others understand them more clearly. Of course, this does not always happen.

Sometimes people read poetry and do not fully understand its effect on them. But if someone reads a poem and feels as if they have been given a new lease on life, then they know how it can be beneficial to others.

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