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Poetry · Reflection

PAUL VERLAINE – WHAT IS A POEM?

“A poem is really a kind of machine for producing the poetic state by means of words.”

Paul Verlaine

31 July 2014

Paul Verlaine II

Anders Zorn – 1895

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