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No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze o

No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry – to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. – Knut Hamsun

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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the passing, we have arrived. – Knut Hamsun

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I have had much to learn from Swedens poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. – Knut Hamsun

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However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science. – Knut Hamsun

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On a summer night it can be lovely to sit around outside with friends after dinner and, yes, read poetry to each other. Keats and Yeats will never let you down, but its differently exciting to read the work of poets who are still walking around out there. – Michael Cunningham

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Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of ones geographic landscape, sometimes out of ones cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. – Diane Wakoski

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Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. – Anne Stevenson

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I am grateful for – though I cant keep up with – the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry. – A. R. Ammons

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