The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I read more

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

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

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

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut,
When the reason stands on its squarest toes,
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When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut,
When the reason stands on its squarest toes,
When the mind (like a beard) has a "formal cut,"--
There is a place and enough for the pains of prose;
But whenever the May-blood stires and glows,
And the young year draws to the "golden prime,"
And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,--
Then hey! for the ripple of laughing rhyme!

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.