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What I'm trying to do is to tell young people that I teach them how to breathe before I teach the haiku. That one breath, that one breath, because the haiku keeps you alive. It keeps you going. If you learn how to breath the haiku, you learn how to breathe. If you learn how to breathe, you're much healthier.

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Sonia Sanchez
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: September 9
Anthologist
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Peace Activist
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Birmingham
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