“The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.”
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The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
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I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
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For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
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