“Poetry is pure risk. Really good poetry, that is. If you’re not afraid of writing it, something’s wrong.”
— Robin Coste Lewis
“Poetry is pure risk. Really good poetry, that is. If you’re not afraid of writing it, something’s wrong.” — Robin Coste Lewis
An Author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an Animal whom everybody is privileged to attack; For though All are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.
M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis • The Monk; a romance
We might start off by paraphrasing Oscar Wilde’s poem, substituting the word ‘Art’ for ‘Love’.
Art will fly if held too lightly,
Art will die if held too tightly,
Lightly, tightly, how do I know
Whether I’m holding or letting Art go?