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"To my way of thinking the function of the poet is to make us aware of what we know and don't know we know."
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"My love is a winter's mistgently dissolvingthrough the windowat the nape of your neck."
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"Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it."
"The sky was dark blue twilight, pretty to look at but lonely to walk under."
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