The Poet's Other Readers Are The Ancient

After The Turbulence Of Death, Moral Principles And Even Religious Proofs Are Called Into Question.

My Readers At That Time Were Still Men Of Letters; But There Had To Be Other People Waiting To Read My Poems.

As The Poet Has Expected, The Alarms Now Are Sounded, For - And It Must Be Said Again - The Birth Of A Poet Is Always A Threat To The Existing Cultural Order, Because He Attempts To Break Through The Circle Of Literary Castes To Reach The Center.

The Poet's Other Readers Are The Ancient Poets, Who Look Upon The Freshly Written Pages From An Incorruptible Distance. Their Poetic Forms Are Permanent, And It Is Difficult To Create New Forms Which Can Approach Them.

A Poet Clings To His Own Tradition And Avoids Internationalism.