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A. R. Ammons
American
Poet
Born:
Feb 18
,
1926
Died:
Feb 25
,
2001
Change
First
Laws
Other
Said
You
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
A. R. Ammons
You
Mind
Out
Find
Identity
Off
Your
Keep
I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
A. R. Ammons
You
Man
Past
Other
Recognised
Tell
Telling
Poem
Purpose
Go
Nor
Any
Where
Burning
Reason
I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.
A. R. Ammons
Change
Stress
Whatever
Must
Clarity
Structure
Rationality
Point
Provisional
Gradual
Stability
Order
Meaning
Agents
Successful
Necessary
Here
Appreciate
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