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My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs.

Mother, Song, Writing, Ambition, Write
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Back then, I couldn't have left a poem a year and gone back to it.

Years, Gone, Left, Back, Poem

It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work.

Detroit, Ironic, Left, Twenties, Worker

But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity.

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My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.

Father, Grew, Grew Up, Strong

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

Change, Dramatic, Imagine, Seventies
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