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“Consolation
Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.”
― New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001
Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.”
― New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001
“The purpose of poetry is to remind us
how difficult it is to remain just one person,
for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors,
and invisible guests come in and out at will.”
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how difficult it is to remain just one person,
for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors,
and invisible guests come in and out at will.”
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“You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.”
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“I think it was Milosz, the Polish poet, who when he lay in a doorway and watched the bullets lifting the cobbles out of the street beside him realised that most poetry is not equipped for life in a world where people actually die. But some is.”
― Winter Pollen: Occasional Prose
― Winter Pollen: Occasional Prose
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