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Harriet Monroe
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“A book of poems should have almost as many dedications as titles for the poet must always sing for some friend whether the friend knows it or not”
Harriet Monroe (1860–1936) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dedication 'You and I' Macmillan, New York October 1914
“Poetry, perhaps the finest of fine arts, certainly the shynest and most elusive? ,poetry which must have listeners, which cannot sing into a void.”
Harriet Monroe (1860–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Poets life, Seventy Years in Changing the World Macmillan, New York 1938
“'Verse libertines' pioneered the work to get rid of obstacles between that which hampered the poet and separated him from his audience, less a matter of rules and formulae , more a return of spirit.”
Harriet Monroe (1860–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is new poetry? The difference is not mere details of form, measure rhyme schemes or diction, but a return to contemporary speech, thought, imagination and spiritual life, coupled with oriental (Japan & China) and cosmopolitan influences ,and a direction of vision, with perfection of form and delicacy of feeling.”
Harriet Monroe (1860–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source