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Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.

Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.

Approximate author period: c. 1966 AD · modern

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Ray Bradbury
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Approximate author period: c. 1966 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1920 to 2012; Wikidata Q40640, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40640 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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