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Andre Naffis-Sahely Quotes: One cannot simply decide to write apolitical poetry, in the way one decides to drink lemonade instead of tea, it's far more subliminal than that.
         

One cannot simply decide to write apolitical poetry, in the way one decides to drink lemonade instead of tea, it's far more subliminal than that.


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Poetry either pulses with real life or it's just an aborted simulacra. There's no middle ground.



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Fear knows no borders, and the terminology of hate has seeped into every aspect of life.



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Everyone wants to be open and inclusive, but nobody wants to pay for it. It's the biggest roadblock to translating living writers, especially poets.



I've heard of translators collaborating closely with their authors, sometimes even living with them for a while, but that's not me.

I've heard of translators collaborating closely with their authors, sometimes even living with them for a while, but that's not me.



I can't quite see the point of poems like "Wittgenstein Goes for a Walk with A Hawk in Sherwood Forest." I know they're trying to be clever, but they're not.

I can't quite see the point of poems like "Wittgenstein Goes for a Walk with A Hawk in Sherwood Forest." I know they're trying to be clever, but they're not.



I don't like poems that invent memories, I have enough of my own.

I don't like poems that invent memories, I have enough of my own.



As Trevor Noah recently quipped, the US appears ready to crown its first African dictator: Donald Trump.

As Trevor Noah recently quipped, the US appears ready to crown its first African dictator: Donald Trump.



The average political poem - especially the kind that wears this label all too proudly - is both dull and full of brow-beating triteness.

The average political poem - especially the kind that wears this label all too proudly - is both dull and full of brow-beating triteness.



Most of us have been subjected to terrible political poetry at least once or twice in our lifetimes, and so we tend to shy away from it.

Most of us have been subjected to terrible political poetry at least once or twice in our lifetimes, and so we tend to shy away from it.



When it comes to the challenges of the actual process, I soldier on as best I can, on my own.

When it comes to the challenges of the actual process, I soldier on as best I can, on my own.





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I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.



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