"But you have to feel for it"
Lee, Knight, Li Po, Bogan, di Prima, Goodman
Li-Young Lee:
There are great poems that have flaws. There are failures of perception, failures of understanding, but those flaws become a part of the poem’s integrity, so I still feel that those poems are descendants of God. But if a poem isn’t even good enough to be a poem, I don’t think it’s descended from God: If there is no “I," ” there is no God. The ‘Me’ talking about ‘Me’—that’s not enough.
Etheridge Knight:
Li Po (tr. from Chinese by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell):
Louise Bogan:
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Diane di Prima:
Paul Goodman:
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