Thought for the Day

Art is that chalice into which we pour

the wine of transcendence.

~ Stanley Kunitz, 1905-2006, American Poet

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Quoted from "Instead of a Foreword: Speaking of Poetry" in Stanley Kunitz, Passing Through: The Later Poems New and Selected (W.W. Norton, 1995)

Stanley Kunitz Profiles at Academy of American Poets, Library of Congress, Modern American Poetry, PBS Poetry Everywhere (Video), The Poetry Foundation

Chris Busa, "Stanley Kunitz, The Art of Poetry No. 29", Interview, The Paris Review, Spring 1982

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, "Stanley Kunitz, Poet Laureate, Dies at 100", Obituary, The New York Times, May 16, 2006