James Fenton quotes and aphorisms about poem James Fenton James Fenton ,, If you're writing a song, you have to write something that can be understood serially. When you're ... James Fenton James Fenton ,, What I want, when I write a poem, is no more than this: that it be preserved in some published form... James Fenton ,, The term 'epitaph' itself means 'something to be spoken at a burial or engraved upon a tomb.' When ... James Fenton