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Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.

Ellen Bass

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Ellen Bass
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 16
Climate Activist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
University Teacher
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Intimate
Poetry
Speak
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Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you, again.
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So much inspires me. People living their lives with courage, beauty of all kinds, nature in all its aspects, people I love and people I hardly know, and, of course, other poets.
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There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.
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