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Muriel Rukeyser Quotes

Muriel Rukeyser quotes about poetry

American Poet December 15, 1913 – February 12, 1980

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American poetry has been part of a culture in conflict....We are a people tending toward democracy at the level of hope; at another level, the economy of the nation, the empire of business within the republic, both include in their basic premise the idea of perpetual warfare Muriel Rukeyser
No one wants to read poetry. You have to make it impossible for them to put the poem down--impossible for them to stop reading it, word after word. You have to keep them from closing the book. Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser quote: "The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from..."
The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality. Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser quote: "We are against war and the sources of war. We are for poetry..."
We are against war and the sources of war. We are for poetry and the sources of poetry. Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser quote: "Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry."
Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry. Muriel Rukeyser
If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger. Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser quote: "The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness."
The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness. Muriel Rukeyser

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