Michael Schmidt Quote

Prose and poetry are different in construction. You can lie back and read prose, and you can read it fast. Poetry on the other hand, requires a different kind of attention and concentration … the effect it has on the ear and the imagination.


The Great Modern Poets, London, 2006


Prose and poetry are different in construction. You can lie back and read prose, and you can read it fast. Poetry on the other hand, requires a...

Prose and poetry are different in construction. You can lie back and read prose, and you can read it fast. Poetry on the other hand, requires a...

Prose and poetry are different in construction. You can lie back and read prose, and you can read it fast. Poetry on the other hand, requires a...

Prose and poetry are different in construction. You can lie back and read prose, and you can read it fast. Poetry on the other hand, requires a...