You can teach the writing of verse..like prose..an instrume… - John Hollander

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You can teach the writing of verse..like prose..an instrument..and the recognition of true poetry. The rest, writers must teach themselves.

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John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic.

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I usually seem to finish a poem when I write it down. I may have been carrying the notion around in my head.

The blueprints of verse can be used to build things made of literal, or nonpoetic material, which is why most verse is not poetry.

Winter wields only the spades, Summer brandishes
Hot, black clubs, Spring shower hearts about and Autumn shows
A fall of diamonds in our climate of extremes

You can teach the writing of verse..like prose..an instrument..and the recognition of true poetry. The rest, writers must teach themselves. - John Hollander

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