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" When poetry is on the money, 12 words can slay you. I admire that greatly. "

Daniel Woodrell

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" What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. "

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