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I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.

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Apparently, I've been considered a recluse.

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I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation.

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I have the feeling that a lot of poets writing now are - they sort of tap dance through it.

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I always feel that whatever isn't necessary shouldn't be in a poem.

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I'd rather write about polar bears than people.

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I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place. Yet each has its own force.

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You can fool a lot of yourself but you can't fool the soul.

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I went to India and was quite taken with it. There's a feeling there that things are holy first and useful second.

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The challenge is to keep up with all the new poets at the same time I love the old ones.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: September 10th, 1935

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