Too many lives are needed to make just one.
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Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries.Eugenio Montale
There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.
Eugenio Montale
But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty.
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In reality art is always for everyone and for no one.
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I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.
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