Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the wri

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. – Alfred de Musset, Le Poète déchu, 1839

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The older Ive got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry. – Reynolds Price

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I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well. – Annie Lennox

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