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title: "3 Poetry High Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Poetry High quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Poetry High sayings and thoughts."
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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 began to write poetry in high school, and would ride miles over sandy roads in the fine hills around Cedar Rapids,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-engle/i-began-to-write-poetry-in-high-school-and-would-ride-miles-over/)

[Paul Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-engle/)

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> [I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence -this may look like affectation but it is my real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/i-by-no-means-rank-poetry-high-in-the-scale-of-intelligence-this-may/)

[Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/lord-byron-356_intelligence_i-by-no-means-rank-poetry-high-in-the-sc_2280821.jpg)

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