Mona Van Duyn

(1921–2004) Poet United States

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Mona Van Duyn was a poet from the United States, best known for The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition.

Quick Facts About Mona Van Duyn

Born: May 9, 1921
Died: December 2, 2004
Nationality: United States
Profession: Poet
Notable works: The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Known for: Firefall, Near Changes

About Mona Van Duyn

Mona Jane Van Duyn was an American poet. She was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 1992.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Bollingen Prize Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Guggenheim Fellowship Pulitzer Prize for Poetry National Book Award for Poetry Russell Loines Award for Poetry Shelley Memorial Award Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets

Quotes by Mona Van Duyn

In politics, arts / no issue's dramatic / nor will 'play' till its heart's / simplified to fanatic.

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Art

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One could not live without delicacy, but when / I think of love I think of the big, clumsy-looking / hands of…

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Bigs

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I bless / all knowledge of love, all ways of publishing it.

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Bless

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The end / of passion / may refashion / a friend.

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Ends

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The world's perverse, but it could be worse.

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World

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There is no disorder but the heart's.

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Disorder

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Love' is finding the familiar dear. / 'In love' is to be taken by surprise.

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Dear

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“What the Motorcycle Said Br-r-r-am-m-m, rackerty-am-m, OM, AM: All-r-r-room, r-r-ram, ala-bas-ter- Am, the world’s my oyster. I hate plastic, wear it black…

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Leaves of grass

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