I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet.
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I have endured, as Godless Nazarite,
Life like a bone even a dog would slight;
All that the dog would have, I have refused.
Philip Levine
My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs.
Philip Levine
American poets have been criticized for anything you can think of. For being too English, recently for not being English enough.
Philip Levine
Oh, yes,
let's bless the imagination.
Philip Levine
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