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I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

~Donald Hall

Topics: About Countryside Daily Daily Life Expressive Feelings Felt Hills Just Life More Need Open

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Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Done Every Found Had Important Important Thing Itself Life My Life Poems Poetry Thing Whole

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In my life, I've seen enormous increase in the consumption of poetry. When I was young, there were virtually no poetry readings.

~Donald Hall

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I don't have a computer. I never have had one.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Computer Had Never

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I've had someone, my assistant, type for me. I've done it that way for more than 50 years because I type with one finger, although quite rapidly.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Although Assistant Because Done Finger Had Me More Quite Rapidly Someone Than Type Way Years

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I was at Harvard with a whole bunch of poets, and that was very rare. They published a lot of books because there was an excitement after the war that translated into poetry.

~Donald Hall

Topics: After Because Books Bunch Excitement Harvard Lot Poetry Poets Published Rare Translated Very War Whole

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When it comes to poetry, I think partly the numbers of people attempting to write poems is probably a result or the reaction to technology.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Attempting Numbers Partly People Poems Poetry Reaction Result Technology Think Write I Think

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Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Afternoon Bedroom Dangerous Delicious Door Every Poetry Secret Shut Wicked Write

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One Oxford poet confessed to me that I had been scary because I talked American and wore tennis shoes.

~Donald Hall

Topics: American Because Been Had Me Oxford Poet Scary Shoes Talked Tennis Wore

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By 1968, I had lived 10 years in Michigan. Gradually, I had come to love watching Detroit's baseball club in its small, beautiful, antiquated Tiger Stadium - a baseball park as fine as Fenway Park or Wrigley Field, though it never got the adulatory press.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Antiquated Baseball Beautiful Club Come Detroit Field Fine Got Gradually Had Lived Love Michigan Never Park Press Small Stadium Though Tiger To Love Watching Wrigley Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: September 20th, 1928

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