Rather than thinking of sound and sense in my essays as two opposing principles, two perpendicular trajectories, as they are often considered… — Cole Swensen Copy Share Image
A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things. — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
The 'idea' for the poem, which may come as an image thrown against memory, as a sound of words that sets off… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image