“Terror itself, when once grown transcendental, becomes a kind of courage; as frost sufficiently intense, according to the poet Milton, will burn.” KindPoetTerrorIntenseFrostTranscendentalMilton Book:The French Revolution: a History Source: The French Revolution: a History
“The first thing that strikes you about Timothy Murphys verse is the palpable texture of his line - that sound of sense practised by that other American poet-farmer, Robert Frost. And just as Murphys ear is trained on the rhythms of local speech and classical epigram, his eye holds fast on the image. This is an undeluded vision, sometimes bleak, often funny, and never less than painstakingly crafted.” FirstsSometimesEyeSoundLinesVisionPoetSpeechEarsStrikesLocalsRhythmHis EyesFarmersVersesTextureFrostBleakEpigramsHold Fast Author:Michael Donaghy
“I don't know if I call myself a poet or not. I would like to, but I'm not really qualified to make that decision, because I come in on such a back door, that I don't know what a Robert Frost or a [John] Keats or a T.S. Eliot would really think of my stuff.” IfsThinkingKnowsStuffDecisionDoorsPoetQualifiedFrostBack DoorsEliot Author:Bob Dylan
“Robert Frost really started this whole thing rolling. He was, I believe, the first poet who started going to colleges. Before that, poets didn't give public readings very often, certainly not - there was no circuit of schools.” GivingFirstsBelieveWholeSchoolReadingI BelieveCollegePoetRollingFrostCircuitsGoing To College Author:Billy Collins
“When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.” LiteratureKnownAlivePoetEnglandFrostNew EnglandIcy Author:Howard Nemerov