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... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ...... if you demand on one hand,the raw material of poetry inall its rawness andthat which is on the other handgenuine, then you are interested in poetry.
... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ...... if you demand on one hand,the raw material of poetry inall its rawness andthat which is on the other handgenuine, then you are interested in poetry.
Approximate author period: c. 1929 AD · modern
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- Marianne Moore
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- Approximate author period: c. 1929 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Marianne Moore, based on documented lifetime 1887 to 1972. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278495 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278495 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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