Quotation by

Leonard Cohen

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

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Poetry shows what has happened in a person's life, like a record of their experiences. When someone is living fully and intensely, poetry is what remains afterward, like the leftover ash from a fire.

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