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Quote by John Ciardi
What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. – John Ciardi

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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. – John Ciardi

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You dont have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. – John Ciardi

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