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" You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings. "

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" Always be a poet, even in prose. "

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" I intended an Ode, And it turned to a Sonnet. "

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" I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way. "

" That metre itself forms an essential part of all true poetry is a principle which not even the assertions of an Aristotle or the pronouncements of a Plato can disestablish. "

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" When I was young, I reached a point where I found myself unable to pray. I was devastated by it. I missed being able to say words in my head that I believed could be heard by a being, a consciousness outside me. That is when I turned to poetry. "

" Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives. "

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