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"Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry."

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“Each poet creates an expatriate space, a slightly skewed domain where things are freshly f...”

Alice Fulton

“While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements.”

“Even when I’m in the dark I’m in the dark with you.”

“Nothing will unfold for us unless we move toward what looks to us like nothing: faith is a cascade.”

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“You can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your ...”

“Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.”

“Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily”

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength ”

“Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough”

“I believe the truth is only offensive when we’re lying.”

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream”

“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?”

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy”

“The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it”