John Cowper Powys Quote

What's Poetry if it isn't something that has to fight for the unseen against the seen, for the dead against the living, for the mysterious against the obvious? Poetry always takes sides. It's the only Lost Cause we've got left! It fights for the... for the... for the Impossible!


A Glastonbury Romance (1932)


What's Poetry if it isn't something that has to fight for the unseen against the seen, for the dead against the living, for the mysterious against...

What's Poetry if it isn't something that has to fight for the unseen against the seen, for the dead against the living, for the mysterious against...

What's Poetry if it isn't something that has to fight for the unseen against the seen, for the dead against the living, for the mysterious against...

What's Poetry if it isn't something that has to fight for the unseen against the seen, for the dead against the living, for the mysterious against...