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Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call read more
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly read more
Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin,
Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in;
Free from all meaning whether good or bad,
And in one word, heroically mad.
Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.
Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.
