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“A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.” Jean Cocteau

A Poet’s View with Jill Eisnaugle… Quote by Emily Dickinson Poem from Jill Eisnaugle – Ship of Gold Guest Conversation with Jill Eisnaugle Here is a little about Jill from her website (http://www.authorsden.com/jillaeisnaugle): “I began writing short stories due to a second grade school assignment in 1988; I began writing poetry as the result of [...]

“A subject for a great poet would be God’s boredom after the seventh day of creation.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“A poet can survive everything but a misprint.” Oscar Wilde

“Always be a poet, even in prose.” Charles Baudelaire

“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.” W. H. Auden