With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung,
Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung.

'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung,
Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung.

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.

Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.