Sublime

Smooth and ordered on the outside; roiling and chaotic and desperately secretive underneath, but not noticeably so, never noticeably so.

THE CRITIC

In each case the writer was possessed of an insight that organized the writing, and in each case a persona had been created to serve the insight.

infelicities

decadent complexity

Any organization that won’t take the trouble to be both clear and personal in its writing will lose friends, customers and money.

mental note to add antimacassars

A poet must be the master of simile, metaphor, and form, and of the precise use of vernacular and grammar, implication and innuendo.