One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.
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I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.Rita Dove
I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.
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Libraries are where it all begins.
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Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.
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Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.
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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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