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I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and sit on your couch.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.
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allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.
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Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved.
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For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that.
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