You can teach the writing of verse..like prose..an instrument..and the recognition of true poetry. The rest, writers must teach themselves. - John Hollander

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You can teach the writing of verse..like prose..an instrument..and the recognition of true poetry. The rest, writers must teach themselves.

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John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic.

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