“Why speak of the use of poetry? Poetry is what uses us.”
Quotes by Hayden Carruth
“A poem is not an expression, nor it is an object. Yet it somewhat partakes of both. What a poem is Is never to be known, for which I have learned to be grateful.”
“On Being Asked to Write a Poem Against the War in Vietnam Well I have and in fact more than one and I'll tell you this too I wrote one against Algeria that nightmare and another against Korea and another against the one I was in and I don't remember how many against the three when I was a boy Abyssinia Spain and Harlan county and not one breath was restored to one shattered throat mans womans or childs not one not one but death went on and on never looking aside except now and then like a child with a furtive half-smile to make sure I was noticing.”
Hayden CarruthHayden Carruth was an influential American poet and literary critic known for his profound exploration of the human condition and the complexities of life. Born in 1921 in Waterbury, Connecticut, he g...