For what is the program of the bourgeois parties? A bad poem on springtime, filled to bursting with metaphors. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
The usual bad poem in somebody's Collected Works is a learned, mannered, valued habit, a habit a little more careful than, and… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to be less ashamed about writing a bad poem than you would be about being silent. — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I wrote a staggeringly bad poem when I was 19 after a girlfriend dumped me. I seem to remember comparing her to… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
