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.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning read more

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.