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The Secret Wish Of Poetry Is To Stop Time.
-Charles Simic
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The Secret Wish Of Poetry Is To
Charles Simic
The Secret Wish Of Poetry Is To Stop Time.
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The Religion Of The Short Poem, In Every Age And In Every Literature, Has A Single Commandment: Less Is Always More. The Short Poem Rejects Preamble And Summary. It's About All And Everything, The Metaphysics Of A Few Words Surrounded By Much Silence. …the Short Poem Is A Match Flaring Up In A Dark Universe.
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