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Poetry is a process of getting back to the unconscious. hence, i am always writing-even when i'm not facing the white space. i feel writers are like reservoirs of images. we take in what is around us.
-Yusef Komunyakaa
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Poetry Is A Process Of Getting Back

Yusef Komunyakaa
Poetry is a process of getting back to the unconscious. hence, i am always writing-even when i'm not facing the white space. i feel writers are like reservoirs of images. we take in what is around us.
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