I think the culture can absorb so many people writing poetry and trying to earn their living in poetry.
Edward HirschI don't think poetry will die, but I think that poetry does demand a certain kind of attention to language.
Edward HirschThere's the brilliant audacity of youth that poets strike upon in their earliest work sometimes that they never can hit upon again.
Edward HirschAnd when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble tradition.
Edward Hirsch