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Octavio Paz Quotes: Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.
         

Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.


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Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.
         



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