Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) poet, critic, novelist, essayist
"Answers to Questions," from Mid-Century American Poets, edited by John Ciardi, 1950 [p. 171]
Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)
“I prefer the absurdity of writing poems
to the absurdity of not writing poems.”
Source: Nothing Twice: Selected Poems
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