I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning.
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Bad women poets are better characters, they seldom... get drunk... go to prison... shoot the pianist. Their faults are soul fullness and banality. They like to commune (who does not) with the deity, nature, and themselves, but their words do not quite carry the traffic... some bad men poets can persuade people... that tricks and shocks are a substitute for talent... good poets of either sex are above these quarrels.Stevie Smith
This Englishwoman is so refined, She has no bosom and no behind.
Stevie Smith
I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer, And as she dreams she gets paler and leaner. Then be off to your Dream, with his fly-away hat, I'll stay with the girls who are happy and fat.
Stevie Smith
I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican.
Stevie Smith
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.
Stevie Smith
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