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I never find words right away. Poems for me always begin with images and rhythms, shapes, feelings, forms, dances in the back of my mind.

Gary Snyder

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Gary Snyder
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 8
Environmentalist
Poet
Trade Unionist
Translator
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Gary Snyder
Mind
Begin
Always
Words
Dances
Never
Feelings
Rhythms
Away
Poems
Form
Images
Back
Rhythm
Find
Forms
Right
Shapes

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