A public expectation it has to be said not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.
But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing in the sandbox! The romantic notion of the sweet child is simply the parents projecting their own wishes.
