• The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.

  James Fenton
  English poet, journalist and literary
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. reverberation
2. compose
3. listen

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The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation. by : James Fenton

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