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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Peter Gizzi is an American poet, essayist, editor and teacher. He attended New York University, Brown University and the State University of New York at Buffalo.
I like the word bewilderment because it has both be and wild in it.
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So often we measure
by what is false.
We should measure
by what is barely legible
barely in our dailiness.
It is the invisible that doesn't lie
the invisible through which
we see ourselves finally
on a back street in the world.
To be honest, I've never had an easy relationship with being a writer, though I persist.