Crossword Clue:

to utter poetry

AnswerCrossword Clue
TOASTUtter, "Here's to..."
SAYSTUtter, to Shakespeare
DARESAYVenture to utter
SANKBrought to utter ruin
SPITONShow utter disrespect to
TOTALUtter "child" to the Italian (5)
JOHNSTEINBECKHe wrote "In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable"