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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the read more
The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, "Oh, just let me enjoy the poem.".
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.
It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.
It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.
Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.
Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.
Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.
Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.