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You dont help people in your poems. Ive been trying to help people

You dont help people in your poems. Ive been trying to help people all my life – thats my trouble. – Charles Olson

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This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water. – Charles Olson

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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. Thats what poetry does. – Allen Ginsberg

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The poet doesnt invent. He listens. – Jean Cocteau

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