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“ The experimental poetry thing is not my thing. It's a programme of the avant-garde: basically a refusal of the kind of poetry I write. ”

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History says, Don’t hopeOn this side of the grave,But then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise up,And hope and history rhyme

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If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.

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Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests, snug as a gun.

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