Stanley Kunitz quote: ...few young poets [are] testing their poems against the ear. They're writing for the page, and the page, let me ...

...few young poets [are] testing their poems against the ear. They're writing for the page, and the page, let me tell you, is a cold bed.

~ Stanley Kunitz ~

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