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Lucille Clifton: People wish to...

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People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.

Source: In Poets and Writers Magazine, 1992.
-- Lucille Clifton, (Jun 27 1936-2010), US poet, educator; She has written more than twenty books for children and adults, one of which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

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