Great Poetry Terrifies the Herd

Impact belongs to the misfits. The very symptom of a heroic vision is to terrify the flock and to threaten card-carrying members of the cult of mediocrity. ...If you’re not being laughed at a lot, you’re probably not creating very much. ...If you’re not attracting criticism, condemnation and chattering cynicism, likely you’re not producing outright magic. For the very nature of great art is to scare the timid souls who spend the best hours of their finest days watching television in a sub...