In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I

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In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity. - Marianne Moore

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1887-1972, US poet and editor

Born:15th November, 1887
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Starsign: Scorpio

Author Keywords: Editor, Poet

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Boris Johnson, Sir John Junor, Rebekah Wade, Ian Hislop, Turner Catledge

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