Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Jasspon Kunitzwas an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth29 July 1905
CityWorcester, MA
american-poet bottom heroes represent sleeping waiting wisdom
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.
technique poet caught
An old poet ought never to be caught with his technique showing.
enemy poetry-is
Poetry is the enemy of the poem.
memories men poet
Memory is each man's poet-in-residence.
writing poetry today
Poetry today is easier to write but harder to remember.
secret poet knows
A poem has secrets that the poet knows nothing of.
poetry language poetry-is
Poetry is language surprised in the act of changing into meaning.
dart eyes single sound sudden
A single glance: a sudden dart of painstitching her eyes before she made a sound . . .
begins life scarcely till wait
I can scarcely wait till tomorrowwhen a new life begins for me,as it does each day,as it does each way.
needs alive awareness
A poet needs to keep his wilderness alive inside him. To remain a poet after forty requires an awareness of your darkest Africa, that part of yourself that will never be tamed.
art morality endure
The supreme morality of art is to endure.
suicide sweet art
Writer's block is a natural affliction. Writers who have never experienced it have something wrong with them. It means there isn't enough friction-that they aren't making enough of an effort to reconcile the contradictions of life. All you get is sweet monotonous flow. Writer's block is nothing to commit suicide over. It simply indicates some imbalance between your experience and your art, and I think that's constructive.
men who-i-am remember
Darling, do you remember the man you married? Touch me, remind me who I am.
mars mail
Forward my mail to Mars.