Iβm a poet. And then I put the poetry in the drama. I put it in short stories, and I put it in the plays. Poetryβs poetry. It doesnβt have to be called a poem, you know. β¨ Tennessee Williams, David Ernest Roessel (2007). The Collected Poems of Tennessee Williams, p.21, New Directions Publishing
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