The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seemed filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster

Elizabeth Bishop

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Elizabeth Bishop (died October 6, 1979) had a talent for epistolary friendship. She corresponded for decades with fellow poets Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell.

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