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" I can't know entirely what's at stake beforehand; you find out as you go. I love to take a poem, for instance, that starts with something seemingly frivolous or inconsequential and then grows in gravity until by the end it's something very serious. "
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" I don't think you can define how you acquire your imagination any more than you can define why one person has a sense of humor and another doesn't. But I certainly would lean to the side that says all those solitary hours of daydreaming were a kind of training for poetry. "
Poetry
Training
Imagination
" If you laughed earlier in the poem, and I bring you close to tears in the end, that's the best. "
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Bring
Tears
" I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?' "
Next
Like
Ordinary
" I love my funny poems, but I'd rather break your heart. And if I can do both in the same poem, that's the best. "
Love
Best
Funny
" I was just sitting on my bed in a dormitory room, and I started writing. The thing that was magic about it was that once you put down one word, you could cross it out. I figured that out right away. I put down 'mountain,' and then I'd go, 'No - 'valley.' That's better.' "
Magic
Mountain
Better
" When you don't sleep, you start to hallucinate, and that's not good. "
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Good
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