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Maxine Hong Kingston

Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand pages of prose. Now, I want the easiness of poetry. The brevity of the poem.

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Maxine Hong Kingston expresses a desire to shift from writing long, detailed prose to creating poetry, which she sees as simpler and more concise. After many years of hard work producing extensive written material, she now values the shorter, more direct form that poetry offers.

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