When one is frank one's very presence is a compliment.

Marianne Moore
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  1. ... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ...... if you demand on one hand, the raw material of poetry inall its rawness andthat which is on the other handgenuine, then you are interested in poetry.

  2. Poetry...... a place for the genuine, Hands that can grasp, eyesthat can dilate, hair that can rise

  3. Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

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  5. They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.

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