Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.

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.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column:
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.

In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column:
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.

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

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

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.