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

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

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

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

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

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.

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.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.