Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.

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If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.

If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.

I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered,...

I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered,...

It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in...

It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in...

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

I like poems that are little games

I like poems that are little games

For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago,...

For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago,...

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too...

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too...

The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity...

The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity...

I like poems that are complex.

I like poems that are complex.

The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything....

The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything....

If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had...

If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had...

I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to...

I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to...

Poetry is composing for the breath.

Poetry is composing for the breath.

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books...

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books...

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as...

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as...

In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they...

In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they...

They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need...

They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need...

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet...

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet...

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to...

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to...