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Even famous poets such as Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams were rarely asked to read their poems.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Asked Even Famous Moore Poems Poets Rarely Read Were William Williams

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When I was 12, I had a fondness for horror movies like the 'Wolfman.' The boy next door said I should read Poe.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Boy Door Fondness Had Horror Horror Movies Like Movies Next Next Door Poe Read Said Should

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I don't publish anything I haven't worked over 100 times.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Anything Over Publish Times Worked

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There's a great deal of stripping away; in early drafts, I may say the same thing two or three times, and each may be appropriate, but I try to pick the best and improve it. I work on sound a great deal, and I will change a word or two, revise punctuation and line breaks, looking for the sound I want.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Appropriate Away Best Breaks Change Deal Drafts Each Early Great Great Deal Improve Line Looking May Pick Punctuation Revise Same Same Thing Say Sound Stripping Thing Three Times Try Two Want Will Word Work

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Friends die, friends become demented, friends quarrel, friends drift with old age into silence.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Age Become Demented Die Drift Friends Old Old Age Quarrel Silence

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I expect my immortality will last about six seconds after my funeral.

~Donald Hall

Topics: About After Expect Funeral Immortality Last Seconds Six Will

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As I look at the barn in my ninth decade, I see the no-smoking sign, rusted and tilting on the unpainted gray clapboard. My grandfather, born in 1875, milked his cattle there a century ago.

~Donald Hall

Topics: Barn Born Cattle Century Decade Grandfather Gray His Look Ninth See Sign I See

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: September 20th, 1928

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