"In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.“


-James Broughton

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In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

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