February 5, 2018
Requirements for Poets
Sister M. Madeleva [Wolff], poet and college president, writes:
Sometimes students ask what books are best to read as helps to writing. With no hesitation at all, I say, “The Bible, the Oxford Dictionary, seed catalogues.” This is spoken in parable. Here are the words of God, of man, of nature.
What preparation best enables one to be a poet? The Sixth Beatitude, I think, “Blessed are the clean of heart for they shall see God.” (My First Seventy Years, p. 148).
Posted by John Barach @ 12:59 pm |
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