A poem can take two or three days to finish, usually two at the most because I can't stand the strain, can't hold it together. Though sometimes I go back to an old poem and finish it, when I thought I was going to leave it unfinished forever. Suddenly one feels relaxed and gleeful, and does anything.


The Paris Review, Issue 76 (1979)

Peter Levi Quotes

A poem can take two or three days to finish, usually two at the most because I can't stand the strain, can't hold it together. Though sometimes I go...

A poem can take two or three days to finish, usually two at the most because I can't stand the strain, can't hold it together. Though sometimes I go...

A poem can take two or three days to finish, usually two at the most because I can't stand the strain, can't hold it together. Though sometimes I go...

A poem can take two or three days to finish, usually two at the most because I can't stand the strain, can't hold it together. Though sometimes I go...