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A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is never a thought ...more

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No tears and the writer no tears and the reader.

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The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader. I know people who read without hearing the sentence sounds and they were the fastest readers...more

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An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.