Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..

Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..

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 emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

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.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a read more

For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a man; also, it may be said, there is no
life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its
sort, rhymed or unrhymed.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.