I’ve always been highly energized and have written poems in spurts. From the god-given first line right through the poem. And I don’t write two or th… - Archie Randolph Ammons

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I’ve always been highly energized and have written poems in spurts. From the god-given first line right through the poem. And I don’t write two or three lines and then come back the next day and write two or three more; I write the whole poem at one sitting and then come back to it from time to time over the months or years and rework it.

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About Archie Randolph Ammons

Archie Randolph Ammons (18 February 1926 – 25 February 2001) was an American poet.

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Alternative Names: A.R. Ammons A R Ammons AR Ammons Archibald Randolph Ammons

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Unless I have something already moving through the mind, I don’t go to the typewriter at all. The world has so many poems in it, it has never seemed to me very smart to force one more upon the world. If there isn’t one there to write, you just leave it alone.

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