"Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew."
-Anthony Hecht
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"There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.“
-Anthony Hecht
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"I write poetry in order to live more fully."
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