Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

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.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung,
Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung.

'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung,
Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering