Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ✨ Address…

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Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ✨ Address to Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., 17 May 1935
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Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ✨ Address to Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., 17 May 1935

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