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Poetry can be redemptive without being a banal protest; without exuding forced righteousness.” – Uche Nduka

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I don’t believe a poem can literally save a life. I think a poem can enrich a life, make a life courageous, tilt someone into adventure, joy, questions, knowledge, spirituality, protest, humour, curiosity, sadness, eroticism.

The poem seems to be a celebration of the energy that is exchanged between a man and a woman just by being in the same room. The exhilarating recognition that transpires between two people. It is one of those lovely moments you hope for in life.

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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot Tradition and the Individual Talent (1919)

Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity...but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.

George Chapman Ovid's Banquet of Sense (1595)

I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

Michael Faraday

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