"A book of poems should have almost as many dedications as titles for the poet must always sing for some friend whether the friend knows it or not"

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“Poetry, perhaps the finest of fine arts, certainly the shynest and most elusive? ,poetry which must have listeners, which cannot sing into a void.”

“'Verse libertines' pioneered the work to get rid of obstacles between that which hampered the poet and separated him from his audience, less a matter of rules and formulae , more a return of spirit.”

“What is new poetry? The difference is not mere details of form, measure rhyme schemes or diction, but a return to contemporary speech, thought, imagination and spiritual life, coupled with oriental and cosmopolitan influences ,and a direction of vision, with perfection of form and delicacy of feeling.”

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