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A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
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.
