Quote by Stevie Smith
I dont think Auden liked my poetry very much, hes very Anglican. -

I dont think Auden liked my poetry very much, hes very Anglican. – Stevie Smith

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All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet. – Stevie Smith

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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts. – Robert Morgan

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You dont go after poetry, you take what comes. Maybe the gods do it through me but I certainly do a hell of a lot of the work. – Phyllis Gotlieb

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