It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and death--subjects as ancient as humanity--these are the subjects that the poet must speak of very nearly from the first moment that he begins to speak.
Louise BoganWomen have no wilderness in them They are provident instead Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts To eat dusty bread.
Louise BoganIt is through the acceptance of a variety of aethetic and intellectual points of view that a culture is given breadth and density.
Louise Bogan