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To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet.

Rita Dove
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"Rita Dove On New Anthology, Advice For Young Poets". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 2, 2012.
To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet.