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Kay Gardner

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in The United States

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Poetry

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e.e. cummings, robert frost, emily dickenson

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i'm a poet. a proofer. a lover of wine, chocolate, cats, and cleverness. and a sucker for a well-crafted line (seriously. i'll stop whatever's going on so i can write it down).

poetry series at channillo
http://channillo.com/series/windows/
http://channillo.com/series/trees-lik...
https://channillo.com/series/drinking...

other places to find me
~"If We Painted a Canvas" anthology
https://www.amazon.com/If-We-Painted-...
~"Poetry Without Borders" anthology
https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Without...
~"Figure in the Mist" anthology
https://www.amazon.com/Figure-Mist-Ch...
~Spillwords
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“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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“I blame it on Twilight. In real life, vampires only sparkle when they're on fire.”
― Larry Correia, Monster Hunter Vendetta

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“A man is nothing without dreams. A man is called idiot while he dreams. Whatever he does, he'll be judged and thrown away from the circle of clowns. And yet he needs acceptance and security from sick society, which is discriminatory far too often. But a man is blinded by other people opinions. He wants to fly and they say, “You moron, you can't do that, it's forbidden, it's stupid.” And a man gives up on his dreams.”
― Asper Blurry, Train to the Edge of the Moon

tags: freedom, hope, strength-through-adversity

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“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”
― Lao Tzu

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