Billy Collins quote: We love, you know, children love the ingredients of poetry. And then they go into this tunnel that we call ...

We love, you know, children love the ingredients of poetry. And then they go into this tunnel that we call adolescence, and when they come out of it, they hate poetry.

~ Billy Collins ~

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