| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 12662 |
| QUOTATION: | Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lucille Clifton (b. 1936), U.S. poet. As quoted in Listen to Their Voices, ch. 9, by Mickey Pearlman (1993). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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