“Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far so fast in such a small space; you've got to burn away all the peripherals.”

About Stanley Kunitz

Poet • American

Stanley Kunitz was a celebrated American poet known for his deeply personal and reflective work. He served twice as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now known as the U.S. Poet Laureate,...