Hayden Carruth Quote

A poem is not an expression, nor is it an object. Yet it somewhat partakes of both. What a poem is is never to be known, for which I have learned to be grateful.

Tell Me Again how the White Heron Rises and Flies Across the Nacreous River at Twilight Toward the Distant Islands (ed. New Directions Publishing, 1989) - ISBN: 9780811211048