A life is not sufficiently elevated for Posted on April 26, 2016April 26, 2011 by admin “A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.” — Mark Strand Author: Mark Strand Category: poetry Tags: poetry, Mark Strand Spread the love Related posts: Usually a life turned into a poem Pain is filtered in a poem so I would say that American poetry has I believe that all poetry is formal