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Poetry - poiesis means a thing made.

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Anne Carson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 21
Linguist
Literary Critic
Poet
Professor
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Writer
City of Toronto
Carson
Anne
Poetry
Means
Mean
Thing
Made

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