“July 4th fireworks exhale over the Hudson sadly. It is beautiful that they have to disappear. It's like the time you said I love you madly. That was an hour ago. It's been a fervent year.” — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
I like to hear the sound of form, and I like to hear the sound of it breaking. — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
Sometimes you finish the poem, and that last piece clicks in place. Sometimes the poem is finished with you. — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
“Ode to Spring" I can only find words for. And sometimes I can't. Here are these flowers that stand for. I stand here on… — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
I like poems that are daggers that sing. I like poems that for all the power of the sentiments expressed, and all the power… — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
“Joe Lelyveld told me just now that Gandhi and Mussolini Actually met. What an extraordinary thought.” — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
“Poems 1959-2009_ I turn into the man they photograph. I think I'll ask him for his autograph. He's older than I am and more… — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
“July 4th fireworks exhale over the Hudson sadly. It is beautiful that they have to disappear. It's like the time you said I love… — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
I was left with myself and had to do the one thing I could to survive. I knew it would be difficult to write,… — Frederick Seidel Copy Share Image
