At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable.

Hearing that the same men who brought us 'South Park' were mounting a musical to be called 'The Book of Mormon,' we were tempted to turn away, as from an inevitable massacre.

I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem.

Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since.

Babies are not brought by storks and poets are not produced by workshops.

Composers need words, but they do not necessarily need poetry. The Russian composer, Aleksandr Mossolov, who chose texts from newspaper small ads, had a good point to make. With revolutionary music, any text can be set to work.

Great poetry does not have to be technically intricate.