Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding read more

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

Why then we should drop into poetry.

She that with poetry is won,
Is but a desk to write upon;
And what men say read more

She that with poetry is won,
Is but a desk to write upon;
And what men say of her they mean
No more than on the thing they lean.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.