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“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines

“Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.”
― Civil Disobedience
― Civil Disobedience

“Heaven walks among us ordinarily muffled in such triple or tenfold disguises that the wisest are deceived and no one suspects the days to be gods.”
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“If you don't know the kind of person I am
and I don't know the kind of person you are
a pattern that others made may prevail in the world
and following the wrong god home we may miss our star.”
― The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems
and I don't know the kind of person you are
a pattern that others made may prevail in the world
and following the wrong god home we may miss our star.”
― The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems

Critically reading and discussing the poetry and prose of William Stafford (1914-1993), former Consultant in Poetry to the US Library of Congress (197 ...more

This group is for those who believe in the cross-cultural necessity and permanence of poetry. Share and discuss your favourite poets and the writing p ...more

The name defines it -- a place to recommend the contemporary poetry books that knock your socks off. Recommendations and discussion of can't-put-down ...more

This place is for poets only Here we can stand proud and tall We lay what we have for the world to see Here there is no worry at all.

A group for serious writers of poetry--we will share discussions about poets we like, about the writing of poetry, and (in a restrained way) share som ...more
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