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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

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Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

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Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

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

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A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

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If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.

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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

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A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

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