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For better or worse, poetry is my life.

Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems.

Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

Poetry can tell us about what's going on in our lives - not only our personal but our social and political lives.

I'm a poet, and I spent my life in poetry.

I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.