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poetrysince1912:

journalofanobody:

crashinglybeautiful:

How To Be A Poet

(to remind myself)

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Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet.
You must depend upon
affection, reading, knowledge,
skill—more of each
than you have—inspiration,
work, growing older, patience,
for patience joins time
to eternity.

—Poetry, January 2001