Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality read more

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

The job of the poet is to render the world--to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No read more

The job of the poet is to render the world--to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

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.

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

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