If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help. (Randall Jarrell)

If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help.

Randall Jarrell

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