Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.
Rita Dove
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Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early.
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I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders according to how I feel about that color that day.
- Rita Dove