Philip Levine Quotes

Philip Levine was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well. He served on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets from 2000 to 2006, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011–2012. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. January 1928 – 14. February 2015
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Famous Philip Levine Quotes

“How weightless
words are when nothing will do.”

Philip Levine

Source: Breath

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