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.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in
their best order.

Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in
their best order.

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.

The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.