“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”
“Poetry...... a place for the genuine,Hands that can grasp, eyesthat can dilate, hair that can rise”
“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.”
“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite”
“[Marianne Moore's definition of genuine poetry] -- Imaginary gardens with real toads in them.”
“All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.”