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Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.
However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
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.
For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.
For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.
Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
