[Poems] teach not how to live, but how to learn
about living. Great poems are all fables
about what the best literature does. . . .
~ John Hollander, Poet and Critic
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Quoted from J.D. McClatchy, "John Hollander, The Art of Poetry No. 35", The Paris Review, Fall 1985
Paul Devlin, "A Conversation with John Hollander", St. John's University Humanities Review, Vol. 1.2, April 2003
And that is exactly what your poems do!
ReplyDeleteLouise sent me over, and I'm happy she did. Keep up the poems in the TSPoetry comment box. They're delightful!
ReplyDeleteYes! to what Megan said. Your "comment poems" are delightful.
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