If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer.
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I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!Rita Dove
Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.
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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.
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We tend to be so bombarded with information. . . This is antithetical to the kind of openness and perception you have to have to be receptive to poetry. . . . poetry seems to exist in a parallel universe outside daily life in America.
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You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.
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I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.
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