Mary Oliver

Offers advice on reading and writing poetry, and discusses imitation, sound, the line, poem forms, free verse, diction, imagery, revision, and workshops

A Poetry Handbook

dagonet

Whatever can’t be taught, there is a great deal that can, and must, be learned. 

[…] Most of what calls itself contemporary is built, whether it knows it or not, out of a desire to be 

… the space between daily language and literature is neither terribly deep nor wide, but it does contain a vital difference — of intent and intensity.

jana 

Whatever can’t be taught, there is a great deal that can, and must, be learned.

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