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Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what's to come.


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Go so deep into yourself, you speak for everyone.



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I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way.



Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.

Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.



To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment

To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment



The first step in the journey is to lose your way.

The first step in the journey is to lose your way.



Turn on the dream you lived through the unwavering gaze. It is as you thought: the living burn. In the floating days may you discover grace.

Turn on the dream you lived through the unwavering gaze. It is as you thought: the living burn. In the floating days may you discover grace.



I have always intended to live forever; but not until now, to live now.

I have always intended to live forever; but not until now, to live now.



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Sometimes it is necessary To reteach a thing its loveliness



Let our scars fall in love.

Let our scars fall in love.





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This page presents the quote "Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what's to come.". Author of this quote is Galway Kinnell. This quote is about poetry, canaries, mines, warning,.