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The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the read more
The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, "Oh, just let me enjoy the poem.".
This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of read more
This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event to past, and future, events. We seem here to have a paradox: that the reality of an event, which is not real in itself, arises from the other events which, likewise, in themselves are not real. But this only affirms what we must affirm: that direction is all. And only as we realize this do we live, for our own identity is dependent upon this principal.
For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.
Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes read more
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.
Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about read more
Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.
