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title: "6 Poet Life Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I began to write in an enclosed, self-confident literary culture. The poet's life stood in a burnished light in the Ireland of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eavan-boland/i-began-to-write-in-an-enclosed-self-confident-literary-culture-the/)

[Eavan Boland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eavan-boland/)

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> [“In our society of fixed texts and printed words, it is the function of the poet to see the life value of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/in-our-society-of-fixed-texts-and-printed-words-it-is-the-function-of/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [The great thing about living until you get a bit older if you are a writer, and especially a poet, is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/the-great-thing-about-living-until-you-get-a-bit-older-if-you-are-a/)

[Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/clive-james-2750_better-now_the-great-thing-about-living-until-you-g_1915104.png)

> [The poet’s life is just so much crenellated waste, nights and days whipping swiftly or laboriously past the cinematic window. We’re hunched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-myles/the-poet-s-life-is-just-so-much-crenellated-waste-nights-and-days/)

[Eileen Myles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-myles/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/eileen-myles-21151_blue_the-poet-s-life-is-just-so-much-crenella_2446614.jpg)

> [“If life is a poem, be the poet. If life is a story, be the author. If life is an adventure, be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-maraboli/if-life-is-a-poem-be-the-poet-if-life-is-a-story-be-the-author-if/)

[Steve Maraboli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-maraboli/)

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> [The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-art-of-life-of-a-poet-s-life-is-not-having-anything-to-do-to-do/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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