“ God, A Poem 'I didn't exist at Creation, I didn't exist at the Flood, And I won't be around for Salvation To sort out the sheep from the cud 'Or whatever the phrase is. The fact is In soteriological terms I'm a crude existential malpractice And you are a diet of worms ”
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“ It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down. It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses. It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist. ”
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“ Babies are not brought by storks, and poets are not produced by workshops. ”
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“ The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation. ”
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“ The poem that says "I love you" is the little black cocktail dress, the classic thing that everyone would like to have written one of. ”
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“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”
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“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”
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“ Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ”
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“ Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ”
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“ The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation. ”
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“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”
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“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”
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“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”
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“ The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation. ”
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“ It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face… ”
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“ It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face… ”
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“ Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ”
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“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”
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“ Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ”
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“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”
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“ Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ”
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“ Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ”
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“ The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation. ”
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“ The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint. ”
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“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”
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