After the last line of a poem, nothing follows except literary criticism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.
The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem.
No poem, not even Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer, is ever strong enough to totally exclude every crucial precursor text or poem.
The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.
Robert Frost had always said you mustn't think of the last line first, or it's only a fake poem, not a real one. I'm inclined to agree.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.