More Poetry Than Truth
ARMOUR, RICHARD
MORE POETRY THAN TRUTH The well-known Soviet poet, Alexander T. Tvardovsky, was removed from editorship of a literary journal for having made "a serious political mistake" and taken "an incorrect...
...MORE POETRY THAN TRUTH The well-known Soviet poet, Alexander T. Tvardovsky, was removed from editorship of a literary journal for having made "a serious political mistake" and taken "an incorrect line in literary criticism...
...They must be mad, the way they rage And carry on deliriously...
...Who else, I ask, this day and age, Would take a poet seriously...
...News item...
...Now certainly it would appear, To this old Commie knocker, That we have nothing more to fear-The Reds are off their rocker...
...Richard Armour...
Vol. 38 • November 1955 • No. 47
