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title: "4 David Meltzer Quotes"
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# David Meltzer

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##  Quotes by David Meltzer

> [“When I was a Poet Everything was Possible there wasn't Anything that wasn't Poetry”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-meltzer/when-i-was-a-poet-everything-was-possible-there-wasn-t-anything-that/)

David Meltzer

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/david-meltzer-73598_love-it_when-i-was-a-poet-everything-was-possibl_1146063.jpg)

> [I owe my own fluency with language to Brooklyn. Everyone talked about everything, from the Dodgers to the revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-meltzer/i-owe-my-own-fluency-with-language-to-brooklyn-everyone-talked-about/)

David Meltzer

[Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/david-meltzer-73598_baseball_i-owe-my-own-fluency-with-language-to-br_3022946.jpg)

> [There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-meltzer/there-s-a-fine-line-between-writing-the-poem-and-the-poem-writing/)

David Meltzer

[Fine line](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fine-line/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/david-meltzer-73598_fine-line_there-s-a-fine-line-between-writing-the_3047760.jpg)

> [Death teaches us to live; it gives us a boundary to map our living within. Death's hammer breaks through the mirror separating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-meltzer/death-teaches-us-to-live-it-gives-us-a-boundary-to-map-our-living/)

David Meltzer

[Boundaries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boundaries/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de0/david-meltzer-73598_boundaries_death-teaches-us-to-live-it-gives-us-a-b_3154457.jpg)

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