Maxine Kumin Quote

One way of ending the poem is to turn it back on itself, like a serpent with its tail in its mouth.


To Make a Prairie: Essays on Poets, Poetry, and Country Living (1979)


One way of ending the poem is to turn it back on itself, like a serpent with its tail in its mouth.

One way of ending the poem is to turn it back on itself, like a serpent with its tail in its mouth.

One way of ending the poem is to turn it back on itself, like a serpent with its tail in its mouth.

One way of ending the poem is to turn it back on itself, like a serpent with its tail in its mouth.