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I write for love, respect, money, fame, honor, redemption. I write to be included in a world I feel rejected by.

— A. R. Ammons Paris Review interview (1996)

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MIRRORMENT
Birds are flowers flying
and flowers perched birds.

The Really Short Poems of A. R. Ammons (1991)

CALLING
Wind rocks
the porch chair
somebody home.

The Really Short Poems of A. R. Ammons (1991)

Trying to make a living from poetry is like putting chains on butterfly wings.

Paris Review interview (1996)

Artist should be left alone to paint or not to paint, write or not to write.

Paris Review interview (1996)

I write the whole poem at one sitting and then come back to it from time to time over the months or years and rework it.

Paris Review interview (1996)

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