The difference between poetry and prose – Philip Larkin Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)

If you tell a novelist, ‘Life’s not like that’, he has to do something about it. The poet simply replies, ‘No, but I am.’
Philip Larkin

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4 comments on “The difference between poetry and prose – Philip Larkin Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)”

eloisedesousa
October 25, 2015

Haha! So true!

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- bridget whelan
  October 25, 2015
  
  Glad you like it as much as I do….
  
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A.K.Andrew @artyyah
October 26, 2015

Love this!

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