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Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.
Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all read more
Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.
Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
