control of the output

One may not be able to control the reception of one’s work by the public, but one can make certain the output is sufficiently of interest that it ought to be recognized.

a few good ones

He wouldn’t write a minor poem. Thus, he wrote very few poems.

doing the same thing

I don’t dismiss a poet for being prolific, but I am suspect of rote output.

title wave

Just the titles of Wallace Stevens’ poems put to shame the entire output of many other poets.