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> [Gradually I became aware that professing English because I loved poems was like practicing vivisection because I loved dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-donaghy/gradually-i-became-aware-that-professing-english-because-i-loved/)

[Michael Donaghy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-donaghy/)

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## More by Michael Donaghy

> [Gradually I became aware that professing English because I loved poems was like practicing vivisection because I loved dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-donaghy/gradually-i-became-aware-that-professing-english-because-i-loved/)

[Michael Donaghy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-donaghy/)

> [Here's me opening my wrists before breakfast, Christmas day, and here's you asking if it hurt. Here's where I choose between mea culpa and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-donaghy/here-s-me-opening-my-wrists-before-breakfast-christmas-day-and-here-s/)

[Michael Donaghy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-donaghy/)

> [“I always get a little bit irritated when people talk about 'bringing poetry to the people' especially those poet - performers who seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-donaghy/i-always-get-a-little-bit-irritated-when-people-talk-about-bringing/)

[Michael Donaghy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-donaghy/)

> [The first thing that strikes you about Timothy Murphys verse is the palpable texture of his line - that sound of sense practised by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-donaghy/the-first-thing-that-strikes-you-about-timothy-murphys-verse-is-the/)

[Michael Donaghy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-donaghy/)

> [I started a PhD in English at the University of Chicago because I loved poetry-which I now realize is like saying I studied vivisection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-donaghy/i-started-a-phd-in-english-at-the-university-of-chicago-because-i/)

[Michael Donaghy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-donaghy/)

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