It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.

It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production read more

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The finest poetry was first experience.

The finest poetry was first experience.

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

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

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.