The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

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.

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.