[Roger Slater]

Joyce Kilmer's "Trees" is also memorable. Being memorable is a good thing, but it's not enough. There are many bad things I'd like to forget.

[Lance Levens]

What appeals to me in this piece is the long seven beat line--not used for humor, but for an unrolling of a deep feeling. In this the lines' length imitates the coming and and ebbing out of the tide. It is sad today that few poets have this seven beat line as a a resource. Some of you may know of an instance, but off hand, I can't think of one.