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Poetry as craft

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  • ByNico Mara-McKay
  • Thursday, 9 May 2013
Photo by Russell Darnell (WereOutThere)
Photo by Russell Darnell (WereOutThere)

The proper use of a hammer is to stand fifteen feet away and throw it at the nail. If you’re the hammer in the beginning, you’ve got to be the nail by the end. Such is life, cowboy.

–Dean Young, The Art of Recklessness

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Nico Mara-McKay

Nico Mara-McKay is a freelance writer, editor, and critic in Toronto, Canada. Nico tweets as @plutopsyche.

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