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"I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me."
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"I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant."
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"The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions."
"A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be."
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"And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written."
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