A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. - Mark Strand quotes

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

Author: Mark Strand

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And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic facts of his life.

And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic facts of his life.

It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape.

It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape.

Nothing is the destiny of everyone, it is our commonness made dumb.

Nothing is the destiny of everyone, it is our commonness made dumb.

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.

Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep.

Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep.

Even this late it happens: the coming of love, the coming of light.

Even this late it happens: the coming of love, the coming of light.

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