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title: "6 Poem Kind Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Poem Kind quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Poem Kind sayings and thoughts."
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> [I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-consider-a-poem-to-be-a-kind-of-experiment-where-a-number-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/writing-a-poem-is-a-kind-of-possible-love-affair-between-something/)

[Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/mary-oliver-570_affair_writing-a-poem-is-a-kind-of-possible-lov_958137.jpg)

> [ I read the poem \[In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke\] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses:… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-read-the-poem-in-a-dark-time-by-theodore-roethke-because-i-was/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/peter-van-agtmael-25908_book_i-read-the-poem-in-a-dark-time-by-theodo_2244408.jpg)

> [“The prose poem for me becomes a kind of chamber with no way out… a kind of hunt, because what is hunt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrina-orah-mark/the-prose-poem-for-me-becomes-a-kind-of-chamber-with-no-way-out-a/)

[Sabrina Orah Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrina-orah-mark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/sabrina-orah-mark-95161_poetry_the-prose-poem-for-me-becomes-a-kind-of_2367108.jpg)

> [Poetry is perhaps the oldest art form. We can go back to an age-old idea of naming things, the Adamic impulse -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-laird/poetry-is-perhaps-the-oldest-art-form-we-can-go-back-to-an-age-old/)

[Nick Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-laird/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/nick-laird-17405_art_poetry-is-perhaps-the-oldest-art-form-we_2782046.jpg)

> [Poetry is a language for when you can't quite write prose about something, you can't quite say it, but if you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyong-mipham/poetry-is-a-language-for-when-you-can-t-quite-write-prose-about/)

[Sakyong Mipham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyong-mipham/)

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