I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. …

Margaret Atwood
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I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem are very important to me. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2006). Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood
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