C.D. Wright Quotes

Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life.

C.D. Wright

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• You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.

  

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• One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.

  

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• Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.

  

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• Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life.

  

  C.D. Wright
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  • Poetry
  • Seems