Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

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

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

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call read more

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.

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.

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.