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While Ive had a great distaste for whats usually called song in modern poetry or for whats usually called music, I reall
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"While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really don't think of speech as so far from song"

- David Antin

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by David Antin somewhere between February 1, 1932 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 32 other quotes.

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