First of all, most poems aren’t memorable; in fact, they ma… - Garrison Keillor

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First of all, most poems aren’t memorable; in fact, they make no impression at all. Sorry, but it’s true. There are brave blurbs on the back cover (“writes with a lyrical luminosity that reconceptualizes experience with cognitive beauty”) but you open up the goods and they’re like condoms on the beach, evidence that somebody was here once and had an experience but not of great interest to the passerby.

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Garrison Keillor (born 7 August 1942) is an American novelist, humorist, comedian, and public radio personality.

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Alternative Names: Gary Edward Keillor

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