The Classroom Should Be An Entrance Into

To Read A Poem With No Thought In Mind But To Paraphrase It Into A Single, Simple And Usually High-minded Prose Statement Is The Destruction Of Poetry.

Intelligence Recognizes What Has Happened. Genius Recognizes What Will Happen.

Gentility Is What Is Left Over From Rich Ancestors After The Money Is Gone.

Fermentation Equals Civilization.

The Success Of The Poem Is Determined Not By How Much The Poet Felt In Writing It, But By How Much The Reader Feels In Reading It.