All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

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

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

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.