The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something. (Rita Dove)

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.

Rita Dove

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