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"To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that."
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"My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end."
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"In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change."
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