My life in poetry

THE PAGEANT OF MAN TIME’S TRAVELERS OUT OF MANY SONGS FROM A WESTERN HILLTOP GREEN VISTAS SONGS OF THE REDWOODS WINDS OF CHAOS ARMAGEDDON THE LONE ADVENTURER SHADOWS ON A WALL T...

So far as I am aware, no eyes but mine have ever glanced at _The Key to the Universe_, which occupied me all of one summer. It was not that I was exceptionally secretive; it was...

True, there was a slight fly in the ointment. The proofreaders for _Current Opinion_ had been a little careless, and the phrase “Who was this man?” had become “Why was this man?...

On the other hand, most change, like a variable star, fluctuates within prescribed limits; the sea within boundaries of the shore, the seasons in orbits of a timeless recurrence...

“Of course,” he went on, slowly, picking his words with difficulty, “you understand that the writing game isn’t exactly as easy as falling downstairs. Still, I wonder--do you re...

Still another writer granted permission with this peculiar warning: “Don’t under any circumstances write to my publishers to confirm this consent, though you should, of course,...

_The Lone Adventurer_, I will acknowledge, is a much less accomplished work than I could wish; its theme and style, besides, would have harmonized better with the age of Tennyso...

The beginnings of the trip, before we had reached the New Jersey side of the Hudson, are drowned out of memory by what happened after we had crossed the river and began followin...

These hills, where silence with her ancient humming Speaks to the green-plumed ridge and picture-sky, Echo no creeds of getting or becoming, No Parliaments that shout, no men th...

So far as possible, _Wings_ will devote itself ... to the encouragement of the poetic spirit; it will provide a medium for the publication of the best poetry, and the best poetr...

Along with the pricks and prods of those who would like to see the editorial and subscription departments merged, there have been the problems of submitted manuscripts in genera...

But whatever the costs of uttering ones convictions, the rewards have been considerable. These rewards have been all the richer for not being of a concrete or material nature; t...

Of the various books pertaining to poetry which I have put forth since the appearance of _The Pageant Man_ in 1936, I shall mention only one, not for its own sake, but for what...