Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.

~ W.s. Merwin

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Painted desert, ocean of colorsun's worshiper, moon's loverpicture of a coyote's voicesandbox of angels, another toy.

~ Trine Daely

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Individuals often turn to poetry, not only to glean strength and perspective from the words of others, but to give birth to their own poetic voices and to hold history accountable for the catastrophes rearranging their lives.

~ Aberjhani

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I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I had to discover exactly what that meant.

~ Aberjhani

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The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.

~ Aberjhani

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The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.

~ Aberjhani

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