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“Sometimes I am puzzling over something for months and months and the poem gets created in small bursts and rewritten a hundred times, and chopped up and put back together, etc. Occasionally, though rarely, a poem just plops out of my head fully-formed. But always it is a blueprint of what my brain is trying to navigate at that moment.”

Quote by Sarah Kay

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Sarah Kay, born in June 1988, is an accomplished American poet known for her heartfelt and thought-provoking poetry. Her work has gained widespread acclaim for its genuine emotion and profound insight. more

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