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"We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're not very well known, and they're not read by very many people."
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"Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start."
"One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime."
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