Lucy Larcom Quote

I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry, everything worth having is lost.

Journal entry (2 March 1861), Ch. 5 : The Beginning of the War - Lucy Larcom : Life, Letters, and Diary (1895)

I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry,...

I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry,...

I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry,...

I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry,...