Curated Quotations

A. R. Ammons

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  • “Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.” -A. R. Ammons

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  • “Even if you walk exactly the same route each time – as with a sonnet – the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet’s health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.” -A. R. Ammons

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  • “Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.” -A. R. Ammons

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  • Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. – A. R. Ammons

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