A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung,
Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung.

'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung,
Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung.

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning read more

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.