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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading ser

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. – Rita Dove

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You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you cant imagine something that has never existed before, its impossible. – Rita Dove

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Imagination
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Rita Dove
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What is ironic is that Allen Ginsbergs importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world! – Rita Dove

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Death
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Rita Dove
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Poetry
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I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation. – Anthony Hope

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Poetry

I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I cant really think of anyone whos done anything like it since. – Ray Manzarek

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Poetry

The moment of change is the only poem. – Adrienne Rich

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Poetry

Well, I had this little notion – I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it it was my great refuge through adolescence. – Harry Mathews

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Poetry

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When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience. – David Antin

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No doubt most of you think biography dull reading. You would much rather sit down with a good story. But have you ever thought what a story is? It is nothing but a bit of make-believe biography. – Burton E. Stevenson, A Guide to Biography for Young Readers: American — Me

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No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech. – Kin Hubbard

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alone

Over and over, we hear politicians say they cant spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile. – David Suzuki

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