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The Word I Couldn’t Leave

How do I love thee? Let me count the Word!

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I’d never done anything like that – count how many times a word got used. I wonder if other poets do this?

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Poet & writer-- "When I Was a Twin" latest in poetry and "The End of Being Known" latest (and sort of old at this point) in autobiographical linked essays. "The Early Minutes of Without: New & Selected Poems" drops on 10/1/23!!
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