William Carlos Williams Quote

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.


From A Note on Poetry (circa 1936) quoted in Modern American Poetry (1950) by Louis Untermeyer


The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.