The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.
Mark Van DorenAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 13, 1894
- Died: December 10, 1972
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