I like poems that are daggers that sing. I like poems that for all the power of the sentiments expressed, and all the power to upset and offend, are so well made that they’re achieved things. However much they upset… — 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
