From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not.
Copy QuotePoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.
Copy Quote View & SharePoetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
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