Mark Strand Quote

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.


The Weather of Words: Poetic Invention (ed. Alfred a Knopf Incorporated, 2000)


I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself...

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself...

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself...

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself...