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Now i think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but i keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home.
-Philip Levine
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Now I Think Poetry Will Save Nothing

Philip Levine
Now i think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but i keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home.
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