Poems get to the point where they are stronger than you are. They come up from some other depth and they find a place on the page. You can never find that de...

Poems get to the point where they are stronger than you are. They come up from some other depth and they find a place on the page. You can never find that depth again, that same kind of authority and voice. I might feel I would like to change something about them, but they’re still stronger than I am and I cannot.

quote by Ted Hughes
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