Most poetry is very formal, but when a modern poet is formal he gets more attention for it than old poets did.
Robert LowellEverywhere, giant finned cars nose forward like fish; a savage servility slides by on grease.
Robert LowellSometimes nothing is so solid to me as writing - I suppose that's what a vocation means - at times a torment, a bad conscience, but all in all, purpose and direction.
Robert LowellI want to apologize for plaguing you with so many telephone calls last November and December. When the 'enthusiasm' is coming on me it is accompanied by a feverish reaching out to my friends. After its over I wince and wither.
Robert Lowell