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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

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And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic facts of his life.

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And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

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A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

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A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: April 11th, 1934

Died: November 29th, 2014

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