When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.

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When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on...

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on...

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic...

I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic...

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a...

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The...

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a...

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find...

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find...

When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise,...

When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise,...

Never criticize your spouse's faults; if it weren't for them, your mate might have found...

Never criticize your spouse's faults; if it weren't for them, your mate might have found...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of...

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of...

Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in...

Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in...

A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to...

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to...