I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.
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In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry.
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But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's not quite true!
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