This is not work but a kind of workmanship. First out of pa… - Dana Gioia

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This is not work
but a kind of workmanship.
First out of paper, then from the body.
To provoke thought into form,
molded according to a measure.
I think of a tailor
who is his own fabric.

Dana Gioia

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Michael Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950) is an American poet and critic. He has been chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts since January 2003.

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Alternative Names: Gioia, Dana • Michael Dana Gioia

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