Charles Simić Quote

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.


The Uncertain Certainty: Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry (ed. 1985)


Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.