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“Rhyme as an echo not a closing off of sound. Love it. I don't know where the rhymes came from. Or the puns like "no/know" and so on. Just a way my mind start moving toward what seemed urgent to it. I'd like to claim complete rational intent for it all, but it wasn't that way. if you asked me about rhyme thirty years ago, I'd have said: not me, never. And now I done it.”

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Gregory Orr is an American poet born in 1947. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and exquisite technique, covering a wide range of themes including nature, history, religion, and human experience. more

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