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Conscious writing can be the death of poetry.

Marianne Moore

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Marianne Moore
Age: 84 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 15
Died: 1972
Died: February 5
Essayist
Poet
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Writer
Kirkwood
Missouri
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore
Poetry
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Writing
Conscious

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