I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I try to express complicated but I hope real emotions as simply as possible. But that doesn't mean the poems are simple, just that they are as truthful as I can make them.
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I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.Anne Stevenson
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