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“What good poetry and good prose have in common is vitality of rhythm.”

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Michael Longley

“Poetry's only crucial attribute is rhythm. This is its heartbeat. This makes it memorable. If the rhythm falters, then the poem dies of heart failure.”

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Michael Longley

“If I knew where poems come from. I'd go there.”

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Michael Longley

'The Observer ' article March 24 1991

“By definition, if prose is a river, poetry is a fountain.”

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Michael Longley

'Poetry Ireland Review' Summer 1999