A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: "Sing for us soon again;" that is as much as to say, "May new sufferings torment your soul.".
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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 is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.
It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.
A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with read more
A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.
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.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
