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> [Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has the ability to reach out and touch in a humane and warmly illuminating way the solitude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/poetry-is-above-all-a-singing-art-of-natural-and-magical-connection/)

[Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/)

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## More by Brendan Kennelly

> [All songs are living ghosts. And long for a living voice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/all-songs-are-living-ghosts-and-long-for-a-living-voice/)

[Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/)

> [Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/poetry-is-above-all-a-singing-art-of-natural-and-magical-connection/)

[Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/)

> [If you want to serve the age, betray it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/if-you-want-to-serve-the-age-betray-it/)

[Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/)

> [“I know it does not matter that I do not understand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/i-know-it-does-not-matter-that-i-do-not-understand/)

[Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/)

> [A writer is not interested in explaining reality, he’s only interested in capturing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/a-writer-is-not-interested-in-explaining-reality-he-s-only-interested/)

[Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/)

> [Poetry is the ultimate democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/poetry-is-the-ultimate-democracy/)

[Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/)

> [Though we live in a world that dreams of ending that always seems about to give in something that will not acknowledge conclusion insists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-kennelly/though-we-live-in-a-world-that-dreams-of-ending-that-always-seems/)

[Brendan Kennelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-kennelly/)

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