Poetry and Commitment by Adrienne Rich

The Kind of Poetry I Want

by Hugh MacDiarmid

A poetry the quality of which
Is a stand made against intellectual apathy . . .

But, more than that, its words coming from a mind
Which has experienced the sifted layers on layers
Of human lives---aware of the innumerable dead
And the innumerable to-be-born . . .

A speech, a poetry, to bring to bear upon life
The concentrated strength of all our being . . .

Day 5: #TheSealeyChallenge