Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For better or worse, poetry is my life.
As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.
Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.
I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I'll write a bad poem.
Although the elusive 'cure' may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less menacing.
Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it.
Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.