“The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.” James Fenton (1949) poet The Independent on Sunday June 24, 1990.
“all of us know he meanswe mustn't, any of us, lose touch with the source,pretend it's not there, cover overthe mineshaft of passion” Denise Levertov (1923–1997) Poet Conversation in Moscow Passion
