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Category Archive: William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “I always had good recognition from…”

I always had good recognition from the Southern writers, but the publishers never took any notice of that.

September 19, 2021 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “It was the enchantment of spoken…”

It was the enchantment of spoken verse that led me to write for children.

August 22, 2021 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “I have published so many books…”

I have published so many books in so many years. I can’t complain about any lack of attention. But I’ve never been placed as a Southern writer, which I really am. So I was happy finally to be published by someone in the South.

February 9, 2021 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “As any parent, teacher, or librarian…”

As any parent, teacher, or librarian knows, there is no richer experience than to see children’s faces light up at the suspense of a new tale or the surprise of a new poem. The uninhibited joy with which they listen is surely akin to that of adult audiences of old around campfire and hearth.

December 17, 2020 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “I have felt at times with…”

I have felt at times with groups of children that I was really being what every poet would like to be – a bard in the old sense.

November 13, 2020 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “To Tennessee Williams we owe a…”

To Tennessee Williams we owe a special debt. In a tragic age, he has transformed loneliness by naming it for us, suffered sordidness with beauty, graced poor hurt lives with love and pity.

October 25, 2020 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “To the poet, his travels, his…”

To the poet, his travels, his adventures, his loves, his indignations are finally resolved in verse, and this, in the end becomes his permanent, indestructible life.

November 5, 2019 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “I have always used a great…”

I have always used a great variety of verse forms, especially in my poetry for children. I believe that poetry begins in childhood and that a poet who can remember his own childhood exactly can, and should, communicate to children.

October 25, 2019 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “A fresh and vigorous weed, always…”

A fresh and vigorous weed, always renewed and renewing, it will cut its wondrous way through rubbish and rubble.

October 8, 2019 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith Quote: “I believe that poetry should communicate….”

I believe that poetry should communicate.

June 10, 2019 1918, American, April 22, Quotes by Poets, William Jay Smith

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