Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious.
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Love is most nearly itself
When here and now cease to matter.
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Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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