and he does not want to taint it by even the appearance of self-absorption.Anyone who has observed the solipsistic tendencies of some artists realizes the ugly display that such braggadocio engenders.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 39
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He muses that even if his work takes all of his love, because of his love, the poem will assuredly be blamed if it deceives itself by taking his loves when the speaker will need his loves to enrich the poem.
The poem can only deplete itself by depleting the speaker.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 40
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[Bruce] Wexler, for example, claims that with his busy life of career and mortgage payments, he lost interest in poetry, even after being quite an aficionado in college and even after writing poetry. So what? That he lost interest in poetry doesn't mean everyone has. Such is truly a warped logic.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: The State of Poetry
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