All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be ob…

Oscar Wilde
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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2005). The Prose of Oscar Wilde, p.186, Cosimo, Inc.
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