Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his read more

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

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 is itself a thing of God;
He made his prophets poets;and the more
We feel of read more

Poetry is itself a thing of God;
He made his prophets poets;and the more
We feel of poesie do we become
Like God in love and power,--under-makers.

Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.

Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.

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.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

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.