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Donald Hall
American
September 20, 1928
Poet
For better or worse, poetry is my life.
Donald Hall
Tags:
Poetry
Life
Better
I expect my immortality will last about six seconds after my funeral.
Donald Hall
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About
Will
After
Friends die, friends become demented, friends quarrel, friends drift with old age into silence.
Donald Hall
Tags:
Age
Become
Old
Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.
Donald Hall
Tags:
Poetry
Every
Write
It is sensible of me to be aware that I will die one of these days. I will not 'pass away.'
Donald Hall
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Me
Will
Away
Sound had always been my portal to poetry, but in the beginning, sound was imagined through the eye.
Donald Hall
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Poetry
Always
Had
Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems.
Donald Hall
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Poetry
Life
Had
My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down.
Donald Hall
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Age
Death
About
Each season, my balance gets worse, and sometimes I fall. I no longer cook for myself but microwave widower food, mostly Stouffer's. My fingers are clumsy and slow with buttons.
Donald Hall
Tags:
Food
Myself
Sometimes
I have to do draft after draft... It takes me a long time, but I love doing it, and I have to do it every day, or I feel slack.
Donald Hall
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Time
Me
Love
I'm happy to feed the squirrels - tree rats with the agility of point guards - but in fair weather, they frighten my finches. They leap from snowbank to porch to feeder and stuff their cheek pouches with chickadee feed.
Donald Hall
Tags:
Stuff
Point
Happy
