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" Learn poetry by heart. If you know a poem by heart, no one can take it away from you, and you can take advantage of it anytime. "

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" Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it. "

" I started writing poetry as a teenager in suburban Chicago out of emotional desperation. "

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