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title: "5 Poet People Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“The following obituary appeared in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph of Sept. 16, 1958: A GREAT POET died last week in Lancieux, France, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-service/the-following-obituary-appeared-in-the-pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-of/)

[Robert Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-service/)

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> [The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-poet-or-the-revolutionary-is-there-to-articulate-the-necessity/)

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

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> [A poet is never one of the people. He is detached, remote, and the life of small-time dances and talk about football…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-kavanagh/a-poet-is-never-one-of-the-people-he-is-detached-remote-and-the-life/)

[Patrick Kavanagh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-kavanagh/)

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> [As a public poet, people often don't see the reality of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-gorman/as-a-public-poet-people-often-don-t-see-the-reality-of-my-life/)

[Amanda Gorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-gorman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/amanda-gorman-13784_life_as-a-public-poet-people-often-don-t-see_2687431.jpg)

> [You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/you-don-t-necessarily-have-to-write-to-be-a-poet-some-people-work-in/)

[Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/bob-dylan-168_artist_you-don-t-necessarily-have-to-write-to-b_2689351.jpg)

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