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

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was.

There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.

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

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.

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

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

My poems are always about my life in one way or another.

I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.