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Mark Strand Quotes Page 2 of 2Mark Strand April 11, 1934 - Nationality: American Category: Poet Subcategory: American Poet
| I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. | I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony. | For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better. | I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful. | And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. |
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