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title: "9 Believe Poet Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [I believe the poet shouldn't be in the poem at all except as a lens or as ears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-oswald/i-believe-the-poet-shouldn-t-be-in-the-poem-at-all-except-as-a-lens/)

[Alice Oswald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-oswald/)

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> [If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-corso/if-you-believe-you-re-a-poet-then-you-re-saved/)

[Gregory Corso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-corso/)

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> [I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dobyns/i-can-t-believe-there-is-a-poet-who-hasn-t-eagerly-put-down-a-word/)

[Stephen Dobyns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dobyns/)

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> [“The last madness I’ll probably persist in is to believe myself a poet: it will be up to the critics to cure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-rard-de-nerval/the-last-madness-i-ll-probably-persist-in-is-to-believe-myself-a-poet/)

[Gérard de Nerval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-rard-de-nerval/)

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> [I do believe that a poet would possess a stronger intuitive sense of phrasing with a rock song. There is a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-carroll/i-do-believe-that-a-poet-would-possess-a-stronger-intuitive-sense-of/)

[Jim Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-carroll/)

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> [I don't believe a poet has a better hold on truth or morality than a fiction writer has. And I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colum-mccann/i-don-t-believe-a-poet-has-a-better-hold-on-truth-or-morality-than-a/)

[Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colum-mccann/)

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> [Oh, can I really believe the poet's tales, that when one first sees the object of one's love, one imagines one has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/oh-can-i-really-believe-the-poet-s-tales-that-when-one-first-sees-the/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [“I believe in being a poet in all moments of life. Being a poet means being human. I know some poets whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forough-farrokhzad/i-believe-in-being-a-poet-in-all-moments-of-life-being-a-poet-means/)

[Forough Farrokhzad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forough-farrokhzad/)

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> [Robert Frost really started this whole thing rolling. He was, I believe, the first poet who started going to colleges. Before that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-collins/robert-frost-really-started-this-whole-thing-rolling-he-was-i-believe/)

[Billy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-collins/)

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