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Personally there is first: imagination second: the act of writing - and third: the act/act of vocalizing.

Anne Waldman

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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
Poet
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
Writing
Personally
Third
Thirds
Second
Imagination
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