Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been read more

A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.

Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.

Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

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.".

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.