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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.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
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.
A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with read more
A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.
The courage of the Poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
The courage of the Poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.