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When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought,

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you cant teach poetry. This is ridiculous. – Norman MacCaig

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However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird. – Norman MacCaig

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And if they havent got poetry in them, theres nothing you can do that will produce it. – Norman MacCaig

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