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> [Sometimes a poem starts because I feel the urge to write about something from which I carry a great deal of shame, and I try to sketch out in writing how I am complicit in whatever dynamic it is I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bao-phi/sometimes-a-poem-starts-because-i-feel-the-urge-to-write-about/)

[Bao Phi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bao-phi/)

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## More by Bao Phi

> [“Our people, our history, our struggle is more than a war, more than a fall, more than a favorite dish, more than one monolithic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bao-phi/our-people-our-history-our-struggle-is-more-than-a-war-more-than-a/)

[Bao Phi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bao-phi/)

> [Sometimes a poem starts because I feel the urge to write about something from which I carry a great deal of shame, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bao-phi/sometimes-a-poem-starts-because-i-feel-the-urge-to-write-about/)

[Bao Phi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bao-phi/)

> [Poetry is poetry. My process is I try to write the best poem I can, in the best way to communicate whatever it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bao-phi/poetry-is-poetry-my-process-is-i-try-to-write-the-best-poem-i-can-in/)

[Bao Phi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bao-phi/)

> [There are so many times in my life when I wish I had the power to destroy anyone who would threaten or seek to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bao-phi/there-are-so-many-times-in-my-life-when-i-wish-i-had-the-power-to/)

[Bao Phi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bao-phi/)

> [There is no one who can stop you; you find a mic, a crowd, a set of ears, and nowadays, a camera and YouTube,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bao-phi/there-is-no-one-who-can-stop-you-you-find-a-mic-a-crowd-a-set-of-ears/)

[Bao Phi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bao-phi/)

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