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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.