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William Blake
B. 1757 D. 1827
The imagination is not a State: it is the Human existence itself. William Blake
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Kathleen Jamie
B. 1962
...if poetry is a method of approaching truths, and each of us with a human soul and 'a tongue in oor heids' can make an approach toward a truth, poetry is inherently democratic. - Kathleen Jamie
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Brendan Kennelly
B. 1936
A writer is not interested in explaining reality; he's interested in capturing it. - Brendan Kennelly