Can one consider controversy without falling into it?
Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things.
Whatever class and race divergences exist, top cats are tom cats.
we expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world fits together and how its different parts connect and work. ... A label is the first step toward action.
Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.
Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry.