I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful. Mark Strand beautifulconcernconventional Change image and share on social
Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. Mark Strand endfilterfinally Change image and share on social
And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic facts of his life. Mark Strand actualexternalfact Change image and share on social
Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler. Mark Strand fillerlanguagepoetry Change image and share on social
I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. Mark Strand americaclearcultural Change image and share on social
