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Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment poetry was the antidote to history. Poetry was language free from habit.

Damon Galgut

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Damon Galgut
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 12
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Pretoria
South Africa
Language
Rhythm
History
Breath
Moments
Breaths
Evoked
Make
Habit
Audible
Time
Poetry
Syllable
Present
Syllables
Free
Measurement
Moment
Antidote

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