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title: "4 Kelly Cherry Quotes - Famous Poet"
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# Kelly Cherry

(1940–2022)   Poet

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Kelly Cherry was a poet.

## Quick Facts About Kelly Cherry

Born December 21, 1940

Died March 18, 2022

Profession Poet

## About Kelly Cherry

American writer... \| Kelly Cherry was an American novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary critic and a former Poet Laureate of Virginia (2010–2012). She was the author of more than 30 books, including the poetry collections Songs for a Soviet Composer, Death and Transfiguration, Rising Venus and The Retreats o

##  Quotes by Kelly Cherry

> [“There is a wicked and pervading arrogance loose on the earth, like a rabid beast, an overdog. Does it run, does it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-cherry/there-is-a-wicked-and-pervading-arrogance-loose-on-the-earth-like-a/)

[Kelly Cherry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-cherry/)

[Arrogance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogance/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/kelly-cherry-71064_arrogance_there-is-a-wicked-and-pervading-arroganc_510630.jpg)

> [“The story of his great-grandfather . . . was his own story, too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-cherry/the-story-of-his-great-grandfather-was-his-own-story-too/)

[Kelly Cherry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-cherry/)

[Genealogy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genealogy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/kelly-cherry-71064_genealogy_the-story-of-his-great-grandfather-was-h_833351.jpg)

> [“Poetry is a way of coming to know the realness of things; fiction is a way of coming to know the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-cherry/poetry-is-a-way-of-coming-to-know-the-realness-of-things-fiction-is-a/)

[Kelly Cherry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-cherry/)

[Fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/kelly-cherry-71064_fiction_poetry-is-a-way-of-coming-to-know-the-re_860497.jpg)

> [“I didn't find my story; it found me, as autobiography always does: finds you out in your deepest most private places.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-cherry/i-didn-t-find-my-story-it-found-me-as-autobiography-always-does-finds/)

[Kelly Cherry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-cherry/)

[Autobiography](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autobiography/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/kelly-cherry-71064_autobiography_i-didn-t-find-my-story-it-found-me-as-au_1654206.jpg)

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