“I feel that the universe is full of secrets. I’m not sure I’ll ever know them, but I’m not going to be lazy and not try to find out.”

About Richard Wilbur

Poet • American

Richard Purdy Wilbur was a distinguished American poet and literary translator. He served as the second United States Poet Laureate from 1987 to 1988 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, for his books...