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My primary reason for leaving the wilderness was to undertake an in-depth study of poetry and philosophy, something I could not do easily in the woods, at least in the primitive conditions under which I lived.  I needed access to a library and to teachers, and I knew I would benefit by the discipline of a [...]

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early skirmishes at Rockford College Almost from the beginning, poetry for me was a matter of contention.  The fight began before I had shown a poem to anyone.  I had read poetry seriously for several years in solitude, then thought to give my reading some structure and weight with a year or two of formal [...]

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