The revolt of the poet is invariably conservative at its roots. … Not politically conservative, but imaginatively conservative, with a profound regard for what is given, as earth or air, sun or moon or stars, or the dreams of man.
Cid Corman (1975). “The Gist of Origin, 1951-1971: an anthology”
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