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I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way.

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself.

I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry.

For better or worse, poetry is my life.

I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.

I never had much education in English poetry as such.