Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may read more

The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may hold it a long time, or a short time, but it is then that he must strike it or never. School and college have been conducted with the almost express purpose of keeping him busy with something else till the danger of his ever creating anything is past.

It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.

It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.