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I like an ending that's both a door and a window.

Stanley Kunitz

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Stanley Kunitz
Age: 100 †
Born: 1905
Born: July 29
Died: 2006
Died: May 14
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Poet
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Worcester
Massachusetts
Stanley Jasspon Kunitz
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I dance/for the joy of surviving, at the edge of the road.
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It is my heart that's late, it is my song that's flown.
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