“I love medieval cities; they do not clamor for attention; they possess their souls - their riches - in quiet; formal, courteous, they reveal themselves slowly, stone by stone, garden by garden; hidden treasures wait calmly to be loved and yield to introspective wandering.” SoulWaitingCitiesAttentionQuietTravelGardenStonesRichesArchitectureTreasureWanderYieldFormalMedievalIntrospectiveCourteousClamorHidden Treasure Author:Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
“Most poetry is very formal, but when a modern poet is formal he gets more attention for it than old poets did.” AttentionModernPoetPoetry IsFormal Book:Robert Lowell, Interviews and Memoirs Source: Robert Lowell, Interviews and Memoirs