Reading should be a repeat performance.

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Who is the ideal reader? God only knows.

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I feel very connected to poets across the country.

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No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?

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I find it exhausting to administer a magazine without an office or paid staff.

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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.

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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

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The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.

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You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.

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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.

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