Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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

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

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the read more

The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, "Oh, just let me enjoy the poem.".

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

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