“And me happiest when I compose poems: Love, power, the huzza of battle are something, are much: yet a poem includes them like a pool water and reflection.” PoetryWaterPoetBattleReflectionPoolPower Of Love Book:A Wild Peculiar Joy: The Selected Poems Source: A Wild Peculiar Joy: The Selected Poems
“A poet is deeply conflicted and it's in his work that he reconciles those deep conflicts. The place is the harbor. It doesn't set the world in order, you know, it's the place of reconciliation. It's the Consolamentum, the kiss of peace.” KnowsWorldOrderPoetConflictKissingReconciliationHarborsReconcile Author:Irving Layton
