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The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it. -- Mahmoud Darwish
Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. -- James Buchan
Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing. -- Kevin Powers
One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance and potency to my group of writer friends in college from 1960 to 1964. -- Peter Coyote

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