SOURCE: Wilbur, Richard. “The Genie in the Bottle.” In Mid-Century American Poets, John Ciardi, pp. 1-7. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1950.
In the following essay, Richard Wilbur, at the time a young poet, discusses his “working principles” in writing and understanding poetry.
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