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Though I have looked everywhere / I can find nothing lowly / in the universe.
A. R. Ammons
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A. R. Ammons
Age: 75 †
Born: 1926
Born: February 18
Died: 2001
Died: February 26
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Whiteville
North Carolina
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Lowly
Everywhere
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Though
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