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Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.   Marquis, Don


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Don Marquis (July 29, 1878 - December 29, 1937) was a writer, poet, and artist; best known for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel". Archy was a cockroach who left poems on Marquis's typewriter by jumping on the keys, and Mehitabel was both a cat and a friend of Archy. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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