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a sniper of language, killing whole feelings with a single perfect word
old jobGreek poets were paid public memory-keepers and propagandists
laureate payUK poet laureate once got an annual cask of wine
brain wiringreading poetry lights up the brain's reward centers
dangerous tradepoets have been jailed and exiled for verses
oldest authorEnheduanna, a priestess, is history's first named writer