John Anthony Ciardi ( CHAR-dee; Italian: [ˈtʃardi]; June 24, 1916 – March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet and translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, he also wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a...
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.