The Best American Poetry 2016 Quotes

“Words floating in air, lines cut on a page, stanzas carved into units. Poetry is a mode of associative thinking that takes a different route to knowledge than philosophy, its ancient antagonist. It follows its own wayward but resolute path.”
― Edward Hirsch, Best American Poetry 2016

“Writing fixes the evanescence of sound and holds it against death.”
― Edward Hirsch, Best American Poetry 2016