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title: "8 Poetry Poets Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [The people fancy they hate poetry, and they are all poets and mystics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-people-fancy-they-hate-poetry-and-they-are-all-poets-and-mystics/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/in-the-world-of-poetry-there-are-would-be-poets-workshop-poets/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

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> [The only people who still read poetry are poets, and they mostly read their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/the-only-people-who-still-read-poetry-are-poets-and-they-mostly-read/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

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> [“The perfect person does not exist. There is no woman or man you would meet who would make you write poetry. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avijeet-das/the-perfect-person-does-not-exist-there-is-no-woman-or-man-you-would/)

[Avijeet Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avijeet-das/)

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> [We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-drew/we-read-poetry-because-the-poets-like-ourselves-have-been-haunted-by/)

[Elizabeth Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-drew/)

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> [“What’s the use of writing poetry for your peers? I don’t think I should sell my poetry to other poets. If that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harley-king/what-s-the-use-of-writing-poetry-for-your-peers-i-don-t-think-i/)

[Harley King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harley-king/)

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> [we are far too used to the assumption that poetry and poets will be there when we want them, no matter how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-clausen/we-are-far-too-used-to-the-assumption-that-poetry-and-poets-will-be/)

[Jan Clausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-clausen/)

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> [“Poetry is a poets work in clandestine chemistry and there is no ethic other than poethics!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dona-mayoora/poetry-is-a-poets-work-in-clandestine-chemistry-and-there-is-no-ethic/)

[Dona Mayoora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dona-mayoora/)

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