Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.


Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry (ed. Graywolf Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9781555975210

Stephen Burt Quotes

Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.

Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.

Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.

Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.