"The poet's job is to tell the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, in such a beautiful way
that people cannot live without it; to put into
words those feelings we all have that are so
deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name.
The poet's job is to find a name for everything;
to be a fearless finder of the names of things;
to be an advocate for the beauty of language,
the subtleties of language."
-Jane Kenyon, poet
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