“And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.”
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The future is always beginning now.
A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.
I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.
