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Poetry is play. I'd even rather have you think of it as a sport. For instance, like football.

Robert Frost

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
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San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
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If it were a dog, it would have bitten you already. Actual Twents: At e ne hond was, dan e oew allange ebettene. Meaning: Said to someone who is looking for something which is right under his nose. Source: Twents Woordenbook. Twents in Woord en Gebruik.
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When I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold.
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If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry.
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