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Quotes by Donald Hall
Donald Hall (1928-2018) was a celebrated American poet, essayist, and memoirist whose literary career spanned over six decades. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Hall's profound connection to his rural New Hampshire home shaped much of his work, reflecting themes of nature, aging, and the passage of time. As the U.S. Poet Laureate in 2006, he garnered acclaim for his ability to weave personal narrative with universal truths. Hall's legacy endures through his poignant writings, which continue to resonate with readers seeking solace and understanding in the human experience.
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"Prose is not so dependent on sound. The line of poetry, with the breaking of the line - to me, sound is the kind of doorway into poetry. And my sense of sound, or my ability to control it, lapsed or grew less."
Donald Hall"Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious."
Donald Hall
"I have written some poetry and two prose books about baseball, but if I had been a rich man, I probably would not have written many of the magazine essays that I have had to do. But, needing to write magazine essays to support myself, I looked to things that I cared about and wanted to write about, and certainly baseball was one of them."
Donald Hall