The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein.

Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs.

Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein.

The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.