1977 in Literature - Poetry

Famous quotes containing the word poetry:

“Finally, in the last year of her age,
Having attained a present blessedness,
She said poetry and apotheosis are one.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“Only poetry inspires poetry.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)