What is your favorite poem and who is its author?

Sarah Simon
Nov 2 · 9 min read

All poets have favorite poets, don’t we? It’s a form of self-defense.

When someone reels it in and out of you — or, alternatively, you for some reason feel compelled to fish and deliver it out of yourself, plopping it out onto the deck of your conversation, an idea that was just so alive inside and now, at external exposure, will soon die — plopping it down for a sussing out and…

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Sarah Simon

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New Yorker at soul living in Uruguay. ¿Cómo andas? Poetry, película, people. goodreads.com/book/show/48497229-core-collection

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From haiku to hefty memoirs - poems, stories and essays that break through the bullshit. Looking for pieces that go far beyond cliché to uncover a new realm of possibilities. Other Doors features writing that leaves the reader with genuine congenital reactions.

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