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Unless I have something already moving through the mind, I don’t go to the typewriter at all. The world has so many poems in it, it has never seemed to me very smart to force one more upon the world. If there isn’t one there to write, you just leave it alone.
— A. R. Ammons
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Unless I have something already moving through the mind, I don’t go to the typewriter at all. The world has so many poems in it, it has never seemed to me very smart to force one more upon the world. If there isn’t one there to write, you just leave it alone." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About A. R. Ammons
Archie Randolph Ammons (18 February 1926 – 25 February 2001) was an American poet.
About A. R. Ammons
Archie Randolph Ammons (18 February 1926 – 25 February 2001) was an American poet.
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