“Bad poems are bad even
if they are three
hundred years old.”
—Alfonse Chiu
“When you review a poem, you should always talk about the poem,
and never about the poet.”
—Wan Phing Lim
“Style is different from competence, and it takes a discerning writer,
and reader, to tell and appreciate the difference between good writing
and stylistically meaningful writing.”
—S. P. F.