Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. A. R. Ammons attentiondirectgreat Change image and share on social
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. A. R. Ammons hundredimaginelive Change image and share on social
I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal. A. R. Ammons analogyexternalexternalization Change image and share on social
A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction. A. R. Ammons badcalldeduction Change image and share on social
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. A. R. Ammons actchancedisaster Change image and share on social
That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends. A. R. Ammons changedirectlyenterprise Change image and share on social
Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. A. R. Ammons beingleadpoetry Change image and share on social
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition. A. R. Ammons actualclassdiffer share on social
Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take. A. R. Ammons completelyextensiongenerate Change image and share on social
