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title: "4 Heard Poetry Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Nas' Illmatic blew my mind when I first heard it. The poetry was done on such a high level that in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-parker/nas-illmatic-blew-my-mind-when-i-first-heard-it-the-poetry-was-done/)

[Erik Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-parker/)

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> [I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-scott/i-think-the-first-time-i-really-heard-poetry-was-in-the-schoolyard/)

[Jill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-scott/)

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> [I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-had-read-a-tale-of-two-cities-and-found-it-up-to-my-standards-as-a/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [“As Sandy and his wife warmed to the tale, one tripping up another in their eagerness to tell everything, it gradually developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/as-sandy-and-his-wife-warmed-to-the-tale-one-tripping-up-another-in/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

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