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title: "2 Poem Stop Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [My mentor made me say a poem over and over. 'Stop! That's not your voice. Start again.' I was sobbing by the end, but it drilled into my head that my voice is important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamila-woods/my-mentor-made-me-say-a-poem-over-and-over-stop-that-s-not-your-voice/)

[Jamila Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamila-woods/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/jamila-woods-11916_end_my-mentor-made-me-say-a-poem-over-and-ov_209288.jpg)

> [“The real meaning of a poem is to stop time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-fletcher/the-real-meaning-of-a-poem-is-to-stop-time/)

[Ralph Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-fletcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/ralph-fletcher-34579_poetry_the-real-meaning-of-a-poem-is-to-stop-ti_1194807.jpg)

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