"I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony." ― Mark Strand Topic(s): Teacher More From Mark Strand "And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem." "Poetry is, first and last, language – the rest is filler." "Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented." More In Teacher "I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl’s ‘James and the Giant Peach’."― Dave Eggers "Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You can’t cut the student to your cloth; you have to cut yourself to theirs."― Jeanine Basinger "Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."― Denis Waitley