The Essential Blake - Essential Poets Author:William Blake Blake speaks more directly to us, anticipating the issues, conflicts, and anxieties of the modern world, than any of his contemporaries. it could be argued that he dared, in fact, to be the first modern poet.Above all, Blake teaches us that the imagination is a portion of the divine principle, that "Energy is Eternal Delight," and that "everythi... more »ng that lives is Holy." Human liberty and imagination have never been better served.« less
Blake is one of my favorite poets. His feelings and thoughts are so similar to the feelings and thoughts we experience in today's world of politics, relationships and observations.