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20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it.

Diane Glancy

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Diane Glancy
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Kansas City
Missouri
Images
Strikes
Poet
Poetry
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Earth

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