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The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

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All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.

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Libraries are where it all begins.

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If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.

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One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.

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Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

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I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved literature more.

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I make a discovery in a poem as I write it.

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I think that you certainly don't have to be aged and travel the world to write a poem.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: August 28th, 1952

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