And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody.
Norman MacCaigAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: scottish
- Born: November 14, 1910
- Died: January 23, 1996
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