“I am one of the endangered species: people who still write in meter and rime.”
Nude Descending A Staircase, Doubleday, New York 1961.
X. J. Kennedy is an American poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and author of children's literature and textbooks on English literature and poetry. He was long known as Joe Kennedy; but, wishing to distinguish himself from Joseph P. Kennedy, he added an "X" as his first initial. Wikipedia
“I am one of the endangered species: people who still write in meter and rime.”
Nude Descending A Staircase, Doubleday, New York 1961.