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I like books that are fat and full.

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I know the sag of the unfinished poem. And I know the release of the poem that is finished.

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Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or five and write for a couple of hours, and give their employers their second-best effort of the day - which is what I did.

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At the time I was growing up, literature was involved with the so-called confessional poets. And I was not interested in that. I did not think that specific and personal perspective functioned well for the reader at all.

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I learn a lot about my poems when I read them by the way people respond to them.

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Poetry is meant to be heard.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: September 10th, 1935

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