Oh Let Us Not Be Condemned For

What Happened To Poetry In The Twentieth Century Was That It Began To Be Written For The Page.

Modernism In Other Arts Brought Extreme Difficulty. In Poetry, The Characteristic Difficulty Imported Under The Name Of Modernism Was Obscurity. But Obscurity Could Just As Easily Be A Quality Of Metrical As Of Free Verse.

One Does Not Become A Guru By Accident.

The Basic Rhymes In English Are Masculine, Which Is To Say That The Last Syllable Of The Line Is Stressed: "lane" Rhymes With "pain", But It Also Rhymes With "urbane" Since The Last Syllable Of "urbane" Is Stressed. "lane" Does Not Rhyme With "methane".

Babies Are Not Brought By Storks And Poets Are Not Produced By Workshops.