Soul or Intelligence destined to possess the sense of Identity.

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.

For the critic, criticism is a form of natural self-expression, as poetry is to the poet. So, for a critic, criticism is a true thing. Criticism isn’t written for poets, it’s written for other readers. One hopes it is true for other readers if it’s true for oneself.

When I first heard Wallace Stevens voice, it was by chance: a friend wanted to listen to the recording he had made for the Harvard Vocarium Series.

You don’t read or overhear the voice in the poem, you are the voice in the poem.

Soul or Intelligence destined to possess the sense of Identity.