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title: "6 Long Poems Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-mccrae/i-love-to-read-long-books-i-enjoy-experiencing-that-extension-but-it/)

[Shane McCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-mccrae/)

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> [I like to joke that I started writing long poems out the anxiety over ending and starting poems. It just seemed easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-hawthorne-deming/i-like-to-joke-that-i-started-writing-long-poems-out-the-anxiety-over/)

[Alison Hawthorne Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-hawthorne-deming/)

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> [I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-would-not-say-i-chose-to-write-long-poems-on-a-conscious-level-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Diode: A couple of long poems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-saluja/diode-a-couple-of-long-poems/)

[Nikhil Saluja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-saluja/)

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> [There are definitely connections between poems, but I wanted each to stand on its own. I guess it goes back to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/there-are-definitely-connections-between-poems-but-i-wanted-each-to/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

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> [“(W)hy is poetry wholly an elderly taste? When I was twenty I could not for the life of me read Shakespeare for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/w-hy-is-poetry-wholly-an-elderly-taste-when-i-was-twenty-i-could-not/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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