"The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That’s what poetry does."
― Allen Ginsberg
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Poetry
― Allen Ginsberg
More From Allen Ginsberg
- "Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private."
- "I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator."
- "Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does."
More In Poetry
- "That’s the definition of ‘success’ for the modern Democrat Party. As many people dependent on government as possible is the objective."― Rush Limbaugh
- "Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words."― Anatole Broyard
- "Poetry lies its way to the truth."― John Ciardi