“The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.” HumansGivenMysteryDivineWillingPoetRemainsMissionsReverence Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Delicate, gracious, and eloquent, John Brandi's poems reveal that he remains an extraordinary profound poet of prayer and praise. His is the most honorable and heroic of ambitions - to dress our broken world in the clothes of language, trust, and hope.” WorldLanguagePrayerPoetBrokenAmbitionClothesPraiseDressesRemainsProfoundExtraordinaryHeroicDelicateHonorableGraciousEloquentBroken World Author:David St. John
“Happy indeed the poet of whom, like Orpheus, nothing is known but an immortal name! Happy next, perhaps, the poet of whom, like Homer, nothing is known but the immortal works. The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.” HumansNextNamesGivenKnownMysteryDivineWillingPoetFameRemainsMissionsImmortalReverenceOrpheus Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The "truth" is the poem itself. Just because someone writes a poem about a feeling she has does not mean that the feeling will stay forever. The truth of the emotion of the poem remains, even if the particular truth of the poet changes.” IfsWritingMeanDoeFeelingsEmotionForeverParticularPoetTruth IsRemains Author:Denise Duhamel