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.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

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

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

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen

Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands read more

Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands with latter,
And that which was before come after;
But those that write in rhyme still make
The one verse for the other's sake;
For one for sense, and one for rhyme,
I think's sufficient at one time.

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.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.