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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
The poet is the priest of the invisible.
The poet is the priest of the invisible.
The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.
The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.
When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.
A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed read more
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.".
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
