The poet illuminates us by the flames in which his being passes away. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)
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I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. Its not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. – Saul Williams
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