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.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly read more

Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin,
Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in;
Free from all meaning whether good or bad,
And in one word, heroically mad.

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 nothing but healthy speech.

Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering