A Quote by Muriel Rukeyser
The actual world, not some fantastic structure that has nothing to do with reality, must provide the material for modern poetry.
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I believe that the material doesn’t need to be strong to be used to build a strong structure. The strength of the structure has nothing to do with the strength of the material.
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