Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.

For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.

Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.

Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a read more

For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a man; also, it may be said, there is no
life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its
sort, rhymed or unrhymed.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

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.