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Poetry ... ... a place for the genuine, Hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can rise

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Marianne Moore
Age: 84 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 15
Died: 1972
Died: February 5
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Poet
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Kirkwood
Missouri
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore
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Eyes
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Dilate
Hands
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Genuine
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