A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a read more

For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a man; also, it may be said, there is no
life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its
sort, rhymed or unrhymed.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.