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Renoir, whose paintings I don't much like,

Says what survives of the artist is the feeling he gives by means of objects.

I do like that, however,

The feeling put in as much as the feeling received

To make a work distinctive,

Though I'm not sure it's true,

or even it's workable.

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When Chekov died, he died at dawn,

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Charles Wright is the author of 10 books of poetry, including his most recent volume, Black Zodiac.