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To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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.
The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the read more
The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.
The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.