Mary Caroline Richards (July 13, 1916, Weiser, Idaho – September 10, 1999, Kimberton, Pennsylvania) was an American poet, potter, and writer best known for her book Centering: in Pottery, Poetry and the Person. Educated at Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, and at the University of California at Berkeley, she taught...
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.