In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity.
From Marianne Moore
A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.
Superior people never make long visits.
It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.
My father used to say superior people never make long visits.
There never was a war that was not inward.
You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.
I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.
If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.
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