“ To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist – if you say you are, you probably aren’t. ”
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“ I am awaiting perpetually and forever a renaissance of wonder ”
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“ Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone. ”
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“ Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations. ”
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“ Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them. ”
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“ Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace' One grand boulevard with trees with one grand cafe in sun with strong black coffee in very small cups. One not necessarily very beautiful man or woman who loves you. One fine day. ”
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“ We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings. ”
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“ I feel there is an angel in me' she'd say 'whom I am constantly shocking ”
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“ See it was like this when we waltz into this place. A couple of papish cats is doing an Aztec twostep And I says Dad let's cut but then this dame comes up behind me see and says you and me could really exist Wow I says Only the next day she has bad teeth and really hates poetry. ”
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“ I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy ”
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“ Decide if a poem is a question or a declaration, a meditation or an outcry. ”
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“ Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back. ”
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“ Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace' One grand boulevard with trees with one grand cafe in sun with strong black coffee in very small cups. One not necessarily very beautiful man or woman who loves you. One fine day. ”
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