How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

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Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying...

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the...

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing...

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.

Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.