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It's so rich as a trope - the whole idea of the road and it being in terms of language, being an active experience.
Anne Waldman
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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
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Your compassion travels beyond your own inner circle. And then you breathe out an alternative version where you mentally and emotionally and psychologically purify the poisons. So indeed, the generative idea is in the crux of this practice and of my propensity toward poetry, which is a practice of the imagination.
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