. American poet literary critic children's author essayist novelist; US Poet Laureate
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I wrung from the darkness—that the darkness flung me— Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing,... Go to Quote / Comment
It is like any other work of art. It is and never can be changed. Behind everything there is always The unknown unwanted life. Go to Quote / Comment
One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child. Go to Quote / Comment
They said, 'Here are the maps'; we burned the cities. It was not dying—no, not ever dying;... Go to Quote / Comment
We died like aunts of pets or foreigners. Go to Quote / Comment