Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

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.

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.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.