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And To Shakespeare I Owe My Vision Of The World As A Theater, Wherein All Humans Are Acting Out Their Parts.

Amazement Awaits Us At Every Corner.

I Had A Toy Theater And A Magic Lantern, And When I Was Eight I Built A Stage For Theatricals In The Attic.

In The World Of Poetry There Are Would-be Poets, Workshop Poets, Promising Poets, Lovesick Poets, University Poets, And A Few Real Poets.

Work In The Theater Sharpened My Verse And My Cinema.