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If you want a definition of poetry, say: Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing and let it go at that.

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Dylan Thomas
Age: 39 †
Born: 1914
Born: October 27
Died: 1953
Died: November 9
Author
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Abertawe
Dylan Marlais Thomas
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Cry
Laugh
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Toenails
Laughing
Yawn
Makes
Twinkle
Nothing

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