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Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment; poetry was the antidote to history. Poetry was language free from habit.

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There's no theme, no moral to be learned, except for the knowledge that lightning can strike from a clear blue sky one morning and take away everything you've built, everything you've counted on, leaving wreckage and no meaning behind. It can happen to anyone, it can happen to you.

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If I had done this, if I had said that, in the end you are always more tormented by what you didn't do than what you did, actions already performed can always be rationalized in time, the neglected deed might have changed the world.

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Damon Galgut

Damon Galgut

Born: November 12, 1963 (age 59)
Bio: Damon Galgut is an award-winning South African playwright and novelist.
Known for:
  1. Arctic Summer (2014)
  2. In a Strange Room (2010)
  3. The Good Doctor (2003)
  4. The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs (1991)
  5. Small Circle of Beings (1988)

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