Quote by Sherman Alexie
You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just dont real

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just dont realize it. – Sherman Alexie

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In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didnt like that at all. And he told her one time, You shouldnt go on the rez if youre white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart. – Sherman Alexie

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My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me – not so much the positive stuff, but the damage. – Sherman Alexie

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More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race. – Andrew Motion

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Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way. – Isaac Rosenberg

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A grain of poetry suffices to season a century. – Jose Marti

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I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry. – Rita Dove

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