One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everybody else.
—Billy Collins
Topics: Poetry
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Mark Strand American Poet, Essayist
Conrad Aiken American Poet, Novelist
Stanley Kunitz American Poet
James Dickey American Poet, Novelist
E. L. Doctorow American Writer