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W.S. Merwin Quotes: Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.
         

Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.


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Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.
         



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This page presents the quote "Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.". Author of this quote is W.S. Merwin. This quote is about modern-poetry, contemporary-poetry, federico-garcia-lorca, spanish-literature, poetry,.