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The muse, the beloved, and duende are three ways of thinking of what is the source of poetry, and all three seem to me different names or different ways to think about something that is not entirely reasonable, not entirely subject to the will, not entirely rational.
The muse, the beloved, and duende are three ways of thinking of what is the source of poetry, and all three seem to me different names or different ways to think about something that is not entirely reasonable, not entirely subject to the will, not entirely rational.
Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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- Edward Hirsch
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- Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Edward Hirsch: documented birth year 1950; activity date not established. Wikidata Q5343460, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5343460 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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