“I think many people (like myself) prefer to read poetry mixed with prose; it gives you more to go by; the conventions of poetry have been getting far off from normal life, so that to have a prose bridge makes reading poetry seem more natural.” PeopleThinkingGivingHas BeensSeemsReadingNaturalNormalBridgesProseConventionsNormal LifeReading Poetry Book:The Complete Poems Source: The Complete Poems
“Poets, on the face of it, have either got to be easier or to write their own notes; readers have either got to take more trouble over reading or cease to regard notes as pretentious and a sign of bad poetry” WritingFacesReadingTroublePoetReaderEasierRegardNotesCeasePretentious Book:The Complete Poems Source: The Complete Poems