Randall Jarrell Quote

It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad.


Randall Jarrell's letters: an autobiographical and literary selection (ed. 1985)


It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad.

It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad.

It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad.

It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad.