Poetry is probably the one field of writing in which it is a mistake to try to psych out editors. In fact, specific marketing advice can sometimes ha…

- X. J. Kennedy

I’d be glad to go out on a limb with those Who want nothing beyond what the wind bestows, Were I not bound to roots, dug in deep to bear Never being …

- X. J. Kennedy

In poetry, only emotion endures.

- X. J. Kennedy

On solemn asses fall plush sinecures, So keep a straight face and sit tight on yours.

- X. J. Kennedy

The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once

- X. J. Kennedy

In thigh-high yellow leather boots Plump Saphonisba strides. Too bad that, just to hide her calves, Two calves have lost their hides.

- X. J. Kennedy

Let you hold in mind, girls, that your beauty must pass Like a lovely white clover that rusts with its grass. Keep your bottoms off barstools and mar…

- X. J. Kennedy