I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting job, you get interested in it.
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My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.Mary Oliver
Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life
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I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.
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Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
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To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.
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What can we dobut keep on breathing in and out,modest and willing, and in our places
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