Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his speech is strange," you have denied America with that word.
Stephen Vincent BenetMoney is sullen And wisdom is sly, But youth is the pollen That blows through the sky And does not ask why.
Stephen Vincent BenetWhen my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23." It can be opaque, but I love the intensity.
Stephen Vincent Benet